powershell (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).caption throws on win 10 pro

[yann300]

powershell (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).caption is throwing an error win 10 pro.
see the screenshot referenced in ethereum/remix-desktop#147
feel free to reach out if you need more information to debug that issue.

Thanks

[aaetera]

Seems like my system does not have English language, so output of powershell cmd (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).caption is in Unicode. In my point of view, that's what causes an error.

[tabarra]

I just got an user with very similar issue but in German.
I translated and it says the command "powershell" is either misspelled or could not be found.
So I guess this is a case of a windows machine without powershell found in any of the PATH binary paths.

https://github.com/sindresorhus/windows-release/blob/main/index.js#L42
Considering the code does not handle cases where the powershell command fails, i think this is the issue.

I recommend renaming this issue to [BUG] The lib does not handle cases where powershell is not available.

[cbartondock]

Same here