After the installation of Stormshield Data Security Enterprise, Powershell does not work and automatically closes

Applicable products

Stormshield Data Security Enterprise version 10.1.4 to 11.4.1

Description

Symptoms: 

On Microsoft Windows 10 or 11, after the installation of SDSE version 10.1.4 or up to 11.4.1, Powershell 5 is not able to start.

Powershell 7 (pwsh.exe) is not impacted.

Explanation:

During the installation of the Connector component, the SDSE installer deploys a wrong version of the file System.Management.Automation.dll, which replaces the one installed by Windows.

This issue did not occur before the build 26100.6508 of Windows (KB5066360).

Solution

Stormshield Knowledge BaseThis workaround is only applicable if SDSE has not been installed or updated after Windows Update KB5066360.

The workaround consists in installing the requested SDSE version, and removing the Connector component if already installed.

It has been tested on SDSE version 11.4.1, from a fresh install or an upgrade from SDSE V10 or V11 on a Windows 10 and Windows 11 computer.

  1. Download the .msi installer corresponding to the required version.
  2. Open a command line interface (either PowerShell or cmd).
  3. Run the following command, replacing the text between angle brackets by the relevant values: msiexec /i <PATH_TO_MSI_INSTALLER> LICENCENUM=<LICENCE> REMOVE=SBoxConnector /qn
  4. The computer restarts. SDSE should be installed without the Connector component.

Stormshield Knowledge Base A fix will be released with the version SDSE V11.4.2.