Powershell x86 vs. Powershell x64
Powershell x86 is your 32-bit version of the original Powershell, there would be very limited cases where you would need 32-bit over 64. Maybe if you were running server 2008 32-bit OS. the PowerShell x86 version can be described as the 32-bit version of the PowerShell, there are rare cases in which you may have to run this version of the PowerShell instead of the usual x64 version such as if you are running the windows server edition of 2008 on 32-bit operating system or some other similar case.
Running the x86 version instead of the PowerShell x64 is a bit tough because there are not many guides available on how we can do that so it is important to understand how we can do this in case any 32-bit server edition-based operating system requires this approach.
How to Run Powershell x86 Inside Visual Studio Code x64?
Windows PowerShell is a popular tool that is used as a command line tool, also called a modern command line tool as it includes the best of the features for popular shells, you may have heard about CMD or command line utility in Windows but the Windows PowerShell is more advance and powerful which is why it is used in Visual Studio Code but it becomes an issue if you want to run the PowerShell x86 in a visual studio code that is based on x64 version.
So in this article, we will understand how we can run the PowerShell x86 inside the Visual Studio code that is in the x64 version.