Windows 10: Windows Powershell opens for an unknown reason.

When I boot up my computer, and log in, Windows Powershell is always there and has been for the past few months. I've been told it's a virus and I'm worried. The Anti-Virus I use, Norton Security Suite, doesn't show that there are any viruses, and it's disabled for startup. I've checked many threads, and I don't think anybody else has the same issue. I've gotten used to it, but it's still annoying. I want some help with this ASAP because only now I've been looking into the matter. It didn't happen when I first received the laptop 2 years ago, though.


thanks to those who respond

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PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux/macOS

And it's on github now

PowerShell is open sourced and is available on Linux

 

Mail app will not open on 10041.

Hello Adam,

This is the suggested solution below if you haven't already tried it.

In this Windows 10 build 10041, the Mail, Calendar, and People apps may be broken due to a licensing issue with the Store Beta. To get these apps working again, you need to follow these steps:

• Open powershell as administrator
• Run the command Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like “*windowscommunicationsapps*”} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online
• Re-install Mail, People and Calendar from the Store (green tile)

 

Multiple Different Errors for Unknown Reasons

Unfortunately neither fixed the issue. Trying to follow the instructions of any other 'windows not connecting fix' things online leads to errors like this popping up at nearly every step: