# Read-Host in PowerShell v3.0

**URL:** <https://forums.powershell.org/t/read-host-in-powershell-v3-0/506>\
**Category:** PowerShell Help\
**Created:** [December 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/read-host-in-powershell-v3-0/506 "2011-12-31T18:30:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![archives](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@archives](https://forums.powershell.org/u/archives)\
**Post date:** [December 31, 2011, 6:30pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/read-host-in-powershell-v3-0/506/1 "2011-12-31T18:30:00Z")

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by GuyThomas at 2013-01-18 09:50:51

> I found an old machine with PowerShell v2.0, and Read-Host in the ISE version, causes an input dialog box to appear - good.  
> It amazed me that the same command in v3.0’ ISE did not display the input behaviour box - disappointing. Is this a change in behaviour? Is there a parameter to recover the old v 2.0 behaviour?

by DonJ at 2013-01-18 09:58:08

> It’s a change, but not in the command.  
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> It’s not a change in the PowerShell engine. The implementation of Read-Host and Write-Host are, as the command names imply, determined by the host applications. So it’s a change in the ISE - which is why there’s no parameter to change the behavior. The 3.0 ISE adopted a Console pane, and tries to more closely mimic the behavior of the Console host application.  
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> Every application that hosts the PowerShell engine gets to decide how these commands will behave. The only way to change it is to modify the host application.  
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> (FWIW, a lot of users don’t share your disappointment and actually asked for the v3 behavior… the input dialog was not universally loved. It is, the argument went, a command-line language, not a graphical tool.)

by GuyThomas at 2013-01-18 12:39:53

> Thanks for your clear explaination. I noted the code you wrote to get the dialog box if required.  
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> [quote][System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(‘Microsoft.VisualBasic’) | Out-Null  
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> $computer = [Microsoft.VisualBasic.Interaction]::InputBox("Enter a computer name", "Computer", "$env:computername") [/quote]

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**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/read-host-in-powershell-v3-0/506/2 "2024-05-16T21:03:42Z")

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