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Windows PowerShell install command fails with ambiguous -o parameter #3199
Description
Bug
Using PowerShell 7.6.0.
The Windows PowerShell installation command in the docs uses -o as a shorthand for -OutFile:
Link to referenced docs
Invoke-WebRequest -URI "https://github.com/loft-sh/devspace/releases/latest/download/devspace-windows-amd64.exe" -o $Env:APPDATA\devspace\devspace.exeThis fails with:
Invoke-WebRequest: Parameter cannot be processed because the parameter name 'o' is ambiguous.
Possible matches include: -OperationTimeoutSeconds -OutFile -OutVariable -OutBuffer.
Fix
Replace -o with the full -OutFile parameter:
Invoke-WebRequest -URI "https://github.com/loft-sh/devspace/releases/latest/download/devspace-windows-amd64.exe" -OutFile $Env:APPDATA\devspace\devspace.exe
Activity
[-]Fix PowerShell install command: ambiguous -o parameter[/-][+]Windows PowerShell PowerShell install command fails with ambiguous -o parameter[/+][-]Windows PowerShell PowerShell install command fails with ambiguous -o parameter[/-][+]Windows PowerShell install command fails with ambiguous -o parameter[/+]fix: use -OutFile instead of ambiguous -o in PowerShell install command
deniseschannon commentedon May 1, 2026
PRs are welcome since you've identified the problem as well as how to fix it. Thank you in advance!
deniseschannon commentedon May 1, 2026
I didn't see that @raman1236 had already submitted a PR. I've commented on that. Thanks @raman1236!
fix: use -OutFile instead of ambiguous -o in PowerShell install command
j-pietrus commentedon Jun 24, 2026
Closing issue as pr already created: #3206