WMF 5 Preview: Update is not applicable to your computer

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I just stumbled upon this one on a new machine I was working with:  

Are you trying to install the Windows Management Framework 5 Preview, to get all the new PowerShell stuff, and see an error like this one?

"The update is not applicable to your computer"

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This preview actually requires the system local to be set to "en-US", you can easily check this using Get-Host within PowerShell:

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In my example, the CurrentUICulture was set to "en-GB" and, apparently, that's why the update failed to install. Once I changed my regional settings and downloaded the "en-US" language pack, the update installed just fine.

In case you haven’t heard of the preview as of yet, you can grab it here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44070

The issue is also listed in Connect: https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/877188/update-is-not-applicable-to-your-computer-windows-management-framework-5-0-preview-may-2014

 

Have fun,
Tom