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rename computer using emojis #4271

@WilliamTIII

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Exception report

I want to name my win11 vm "🔥🔥" and that wasn't working. I went to delete the fire emojis and it took two keystrokes, the first backspace over the fire turned it into a �, so I did that to the other fire emoji then ran the command below and got the result below that. 

Ultimately I want my laptop to be lit


PS C:\Users\User> Rename-Computer -NewName "��"

Oops, something went wrong.  Please report this bug with the details below.
Report on GitHub: https://github.com/PowerShell/PSReadLine/issues/new
### Environment
PSReadLine: 2.0.0
PowerShell: 5.1.22621.3880
OS: Microsoft Windows 10.0.22621
Last 41 Keys

 r e n a m e - c Tab Spacebar - n e w n a Tab Spacebar " f Backspace � � � � Backspace Backspace Backspace Backspace � � � � " Enter
 UpArrow LeftArrow Backspace LeftArrow Backspace Enter

Exception

System.Text.EncoderFallbackException: Unable to translate Unicode character \uD83D at index 26 to specified code page.
   at System.Text.EncoderExceptionFallbackBuffer.Fallback(Char charUnknown, Int32 index)
   at System.Text.EncoderFallbackBuffer.InternalFallback(Char ch, Char*& chars)
   at System.Text.UTF8Encoding.GetBytes(Char* chars, Int32 charCount, Byte* bytes, Int32 byteCount, EncoderNLS baseEncoder)
   at System.Text.EncoderNLS.GetBytes(Char[] chars, Int32 charIndex, Int32 charCount, Byte[] bytes, Int32 byteIndex, Boolean flush)
   at System.IO.StreamWriter.Flush(Boolean flushStream, Boolean flushEncoder)
   at System.IO.StreamWriter.Dispose(Boolean disposing)
   at System.IO.TextWriter.Dispose()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.<>c__DisplayClass83_0.<WriteHistoryRange>b__0()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.WithHistoryFileMutexDo(Int32 timeout, Action action)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.MaybeAddToHistory(String result, List`1 edits, Int32 undoEditIndex, Boolean fromDifferentSession, Boolean fromInitialRead)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.InputLoop()
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.PSConsoleReadLine.ReadLine(Runspace runspace, EngineIntrinsics engineIntrinsics, CancellationToken cancellationToken)


### Screenshot

![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/997814fd-7b9d-429d-9fdf-be4082f62bd9)


### Environment data

```console
PS Version: 5.1.22621.3880
PS HostName: ConsoleHost (Windows Terminal)
PSReadLine Version: 2.0.0
PSReadLine EditMode: Windows
OS: 10.0.22621.1 (WinBuild.160101.0800)
BufferWidth: 120
BufferHeight: 30

Steps to reproduce

rename-computer -newname "��" -force

Expected behavior

I want my computername to be emojis

Actual behavior

the error above

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