Visual Studio Code extension generator not working - npm

Question

I'm following the "Your first extension" visual studio code guide, and after installing yo and generator-code with npm and running yo code I get this error
C:\Users\[My Name]\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\node_modules\execa\index.js:347
throw err;
^
Error: Command failed: powershell (Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).caption
The term 'Get-CimInstance' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling
of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:17
+ (Get-CimInstance <<<< -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem).caption
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Get-CimInstance:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
at makeError (C:\Users\[My Name]\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\node_modules\execa\index.js:174:9)
at Function.module.exports.sync (C:\Users\[My Name]\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\node_modules\execa\index.js:338:15)
at windowsRelease (C:\Users\[My Name]\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\node_modules\windows-release\index.js:39:19)
at osName (C:\Users\[My Name]\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\node_modules\os-name\index.js:39:18)
at new Insight (C:\Users\[My Name]\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\node_modules\insight\lib\index.js:37:13)
at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\[My Name]\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\yo\lib\cli.js:54:17)
at Module._compile (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:689:30)
at Object.Module._extensions..js (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:700:10)
at Module.load (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:599:32)
at tryModuleLoad (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:538:12)
I really have no idea what to do so any help would be appriciated

Answer 1

Solved by updating from PowerShell v1.0 to PowerShell v5.1