Quick Fix: You are unable to install the System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 Admin Tools if Windows Powershell was upgraded

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toolsignAttempting to install the System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008 (SCMDM) Administrator Console or the Software Distribution console on a server or workstation fails with the following error:

Setup detected a missing prerequisite.

Windows PowerShell 1.0 or higher is required to install the Mobile Device Manager Management Console

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and the Mobile Device Manager Software Distribution Console.

This error can occur even if Windows Powershell is installed on the server.

Cause

The Setup program looks in the following registry key to determine if Windows Powershell is installed:

 HKLM\Software\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellEngine\PowerShellVersion

If the registry value of PowerShellVersion is not 1.0, the Prerequisite checker will fail validation.

Resolution

Remove Powershell 2.0 from the server or workstation and install Powershell 1.0. If the Windows Management Framework Core package (KB968930) is installed, Powershell 2.0 can't be uninstalled separately so the entire package must be uninstalled.

The WMF Core package, or Windows Powershell 2.0, can be reinstalled after the SCMDM Admin tools have been installed.

Rich Pesenko | Senior Support Escalation Engineer

The App-V Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/appv/

The WSUS Support Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/sus/

The SCMDM Support Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/mdm/

The ConfigMgr Support Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/configurationmgr/

The SCOM 2007 Support Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/operationsmgr/

The SCVMM Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/scvmm/

The MED-V Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/medv/

The DPM Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/dpm/

The OOB Support Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/oob/

The Opalis Team blog: https://blogs.technet.com/opalis

The Service Manager Team blog: http: https://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager

The AVIcode Team blog: http: https://blogs.technet.com/b/avicode

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Comments

  • Anonymous
    March 01, 2011
    Hey Rich...thanks a lot for this post... I was experinceing the same issue.. your fix resolved it... ~ Raj

  • Anonymous
    November 20, 2013
    pffft what??????????????? windows 8 or 8.1 what a mess, try to install mobile device centre a hundred or more times and fail every time.