'Flutter Command - Powershell.exe not in PATH error message

I have flutter installed and everything works fairly alight but every time I run a flutter command I get the following message before the command actually runs.

Error: PowerShell executable not found. Either pwsh.exe or PowerShell.exe must be in your PATH.

I added the Powershell.exe path to my PATH variable (both System & User) and also added C:\Windows\System32 as I read that on one of the Github/SO forums. Any idea how to get rid of this? I am following a Udemy course and have followed every instruction to the dot but the instructor does not get this message.

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Solution 1:^[1]

Go "Edit environment variables for your account" under "User variables" add to Path this line

C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0

It solved my problem.

Solution 2:^[2]

Add this to user Path variables and system path variables

C:\src\flutter\bin

Add these to Environment System Path Variables

C:\Program Files\Git\cmd
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
C:\Windows\System32

My problem was the missing of 3rd from System path variables.

Solution 3:^[3]

copy the path, for my case, it is "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0" and pastes it in environment variables as a path

Solution 4:^[4]

I have lost half a day to solve it and used all instructions on flutter site and and answers about powershell path. It didnt work until add C:\Windows\System32 to Path variable.

Solution 5:^[5]

In case you encountered this problem and none of the above solutions worked for you. In my case, I set all the environment variables - I am using Windows 10. I even reinstalled flutter; but the problems persisted.

It turns out my Anti Virus had quarantined the Powershell executable file. I had to open the anti virus quarantine chest, restored the Powershell executable and restarted my VS Code.

Problems solved, after three days of searching for solutions.

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Solution	Source
Solution 1	Abdurrahman O?uzhan Durmaz
Solution 2	Foysal Khandakar Joy
Solution 3	Akhil
Solution 4	Roman Kononykhin
Solution 5	Psalms Kalu

'Flutter Command - Powershell.exe not in PATH error message

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