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New-PSSession throws a black window named 'c:\windows\system32\wsmprovhost.exe' #85

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Steps to reproduce

  1. run Enable-PSRemoting in pwsh v7.2.0 and config winrm to listen to HTTPS.
  2. update pwsh from 7.2.0 to 7.2.1 manually, i.e. installing pwsh v7.2.1 to overwrite v7.2.0
  3. delete directory 'C:\Windows\System32\PowerShell\7.2.0' manually
  4. run Unregister-PSSessionConfiguration PowerShell.7
  5. run winrm invoke Restore http://schemas.microsoft.com/wbem/wsman/1/config/plugin '@{}'
  6. run Enable-PSRemoting in pwsh v7.2.1 and re-config winrm to listen to HTTPS.
  7. run
    New-PSSession -cn . -Port xxx -UseSSL -ConfigurationName Powershell.7
    

p.s.

  1. sorry for that i've forgotten the order between step 3&4.
  2. everything is fine before pwsh v7.2.1. after updating to v7.2.1, step 3-4 messed up winrm. i tried to repair that via step 5 according to error info of Get-PSSessionConfiguration.

Expected behavior

all pssession stuff runs in background and no black window pops up.

Actual behavior

1. a black window named 'c:\windows\system32\wsmprovhost.exe' pops up.
2. there are wsmprovhost and conhost foreground processes in task manager. 
3. black window is auto closed after running `Remove-PSSession xxx`.

Error details

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Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.2.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.2.1
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19043
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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  1. snapshot of task manager after all procedure in 'Steps to reproduce'
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  2. snapshot of the pop-up black window
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