From 5230e1560d383d58dd9b85f867962aea96f3ff93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: deadlydog <deadlydog@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 12:12:09 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] docs: Mention Windows PowerShell 5 bug where
 Write-Information logic is reversed in Start-Transcript

---
 .../5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md      | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md b/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
index 8d3e6d963782..79aca7256176 100644
--- a/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
+++ b/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable
 -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
 [about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> The `Write-Information` logic is reversed in `Start-Transcript`. This means if the
+> **InformationPreference** is set to `Continue`, Information messages will be written to the
+> console, but not to the transcript file. If the **InformationPreference** is set to
+> `SilentlyContinue`, Information messages will not be written to the console, but will be written
+> to the transcript file. This is fixed in PowerShell 6.
+
 ## INPUTS
 
 ### None

From 99d343e68bc0fc02722f10fd885a9d72a226ce58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Wheeler <sean.wheeler@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:04:08 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Update note on `Start-Transcript` behavior

editorial
---
 .../Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md   | 13 +++++++------
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md b/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
index 79aca7256176..f2ed46413391 100644
--- a/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
+++ b/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
@@ -266,12 +266,6 @@ This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable
 -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see
 [about_CommonParameters](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
 
-> [!NOTE]
-> The `Write-Information` logic is reversed in `Start-Transcript`. This means if the
-> **InformationPreference** is set to `Continue`, Information messages will be written to the
-> console, but not to the transcript file. If the **InformationPreference** is set to
-> `SilentlyContinue`, Information messages will not be written to the console, but will be written
-> to the transcript file. This is fixed in PowerShell 6.
 
 ## INPUTS
 
@@ -292,6 +286,13 @@ To stop a transcript, use the `Stop-Transcript` cmdlet.
 To record an entire session, add the `Start-Transcript` command to your profile. For more
 information, see [about_Profiles](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Profiles.md).
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> When you use `Start-Transcript`, the default value of `$InformationPreference`** is changed to
+> `Continue`. Output from `Write-Information` is written to the console, but not to the transcript
+> file. If the **InformationPreference** is set to `SilentlyContinue`, Information messages aren't
+> written to the console, but are written to the transcript file. This is fixed in PowerShell 6 and
+> higher.
+
 ## RELATED LINKS
 
 [Stop-Transcript](Stop-Transcript.md)

From f62d6a1a6628c2fdf28c1fb62b1049b5c9f8312a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sean Wheeler <sean.wheeler@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 09:06:25 -0600
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix formatting issues in Start-Transcript documentation

---
 reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md b/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
index f2ed46413391..1fc16acad8f0 100644
--- a/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
+++ b/reference/5.1/Microsoft.PowerShell.Host/Start-Transcript.md
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@ To record an entire session, add the `Start-Transcript` command to your profile.
 information, see [about_Profiles](../Microsoft.PowerShell.Core/About/about_Profiles.md).
 
 > [!NOTE]
-> When you use `Start-Transcript`, the default value of `$InformationPreference`** is changed to
+> When you use `Start-Transcript`, the default value of `$InformationPreference` is changed to
 > `Continue`. Output from `Write-Information` is written to the console, but not to the transcript
-> file. If the **InformationPreference** is set to `SilentlyContinue`, Information messages aren't
+> file. If the `$InformationPreference` is set to `SilentlyContinue`, Information messages aren't
 > written to the console, but are written to the transcript file. This is fixed in PowerShell 6 and
 > higher.