Native argument passing on Windows default changes #9739

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Summary

Change PowerShell/PowerShell#18706 adds a new PSWindowsNativeCommandArgPassing experimental feature. When this feature is enabled:

• On Windows
  • $PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing = Windows
• Non-Windows
  • $PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing = Standard

When this feature is disabled:

• On Windows
  • $PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing = Legacy
• Non-Windows
  • $PSNativeCommandArgumentPassing = Standard

Additionally, new telemetry metric will be added for native command execution to inform the mode being used.

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Related Source Pull Requests

• Set default native arg passing to Legacy on Windows. PowerShell/PowerShell#18706

Related Source Issues

• Set default native arg passing to Legacy on Windows. PowerShell/PowerShell#18706