diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 296b708..a414cef 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ const _sunos = (_platform === 'sunos');
 
 if (_windows) {
   util.getCodepage();
+  util.getPowershell();
 }
 
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index dbbe09e..1b3d779 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ let _psChild;
 let _psResult = '';
 let _psCmds = [];
 let _psPersistent = false;
+let _powerShell = '';
 const _psToUTF8 = '$OutputEncoding = [System.Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Console]::InputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8 ; ';
 const _psCmdStart = '--###START###--';
 const _psError = '--ERROR--';
@@ -332,6 +333,16 @@ function findObjectByKey(array, key, value) {
   return -1;
 }
 
+function getPowershell() {
+  _powerShell = 'powershell.exe';
+  if (_windows) {
+    defaultPath = `${WINDIR}\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\powershell.exe`;
+    if (fs.existsSync(defaultPath)) {
+      _powerShell = defaultPath;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 function getWmic() {
   if (os.type() === 'Windows_NT' && !wmicPath) {
     wmicPath = WINDIR + '\\system32\\wbem\\wmic.exe';
@@ -401,7 +412,7 @@ function powerShellProceedResults(data) {
 
 function powerShellStart() {
   if (!_psChild) {
-    _psChild = spawn('powershell.exe', ['-NoProfile', '-NoLogo', '-InputFormat', 'Text', '-NoExit', '-Command', '-'], {
+    _psChild = spawn(_powerShell, ['-NoProfile', '-NoLogo', '-InputFormat', 'Text', '-NoExit', '-Command', '-'], {
       stdio: 'pipe',
       windowsHide: true,
       maxBuffer: 1024 * 20000,
@@ -479,7 +490,7 @@ function powerShell(cmd) {
     return new Promise((resolve) => {
       process.nextTick(() => {
         try {
-          const child = spawn('powershell.exe', ['-NoProfile', '-NoLogo', '-InputFormat', 'Text', '-NoExit', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Unrestricted', '-Command', '-'], {
+          const child = spawn(_powerShell, ['-NoProfile', '-NoLogo', '-InputFormat', 'Text', '-NoExit', '-ExecutionPolicy', 'Unrestricted', '-Command', '-'], {
             stdio: 'pipe',
             windowsHide: true,
             maxBuffer: 1024 * 20000,
@@ -2595,3 +2606,4 @@ exports.semverCompare = semverCompare;
 exports.getAppleModel = getAppleModel;
 exports.checkWebsite = checkWebsite;
 exports.cleanString = cleanString;
+exports.getPowershell = getPowershell;