Start-Transcript: This host does not support transcription

Question

I want to start a transcript on a Windows Server 2008 R2

Start-Transcript -path C:\\Temp\\test.txt
\"Hello!\"
Stop-Transcript

But PowerShe

Answer 1

Following the tip from @richard here I created a snippet that allows usage of Transaction logs where I need them (scheduled tasks), so I ended having in Windows 2008R2 the following code that can be run from powershell ISE or as a standalone script.

• When run in ISE, the log information will be printed on screen
• When run as a script, the log information will be saved to a file

if ($Host.Name -eq "Windows PowerShell ISE Host") {
    $ISE=$true
} else {
    $ISE=$false
}


if (-Not $ISE) {
    $Date = Get-Date -f HHmmss_ddyyyy
    Start-Transcript -Path "C:\Temp\$Date.log"
}

//////////
code here ...
//////////

if (-Not $ISE) {
    Stop-Transcript
}