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Make mne.sys_info() work with powershell 7+ #13593

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Make mne.sys_info() work with powershell 7+
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions doc/changes/dev/13593.other.rst
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make :func:`mne.sys_info` work on Windows systems with Powershell version 7+, by `Marijn van Vliet`_
9 changes: 4 additions & 5 deletions mne/utils/config.py
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Expand Up @@ -681,11 +681,9 @@ def _get_gpu_info():
def _get_total_memory():
"""Return the total memory of the system in bytes."""
if platform.system() == "Windows":
ps = shutil.which("pwsh") or shutil.which("powershell")
o = subprocess.check_output(
[
"powershell.exe",
"(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem).TotalPhysicalMemory",
]
[ps, "-c", "(Get-CimInstance Win32_ComputerSystem).TotalPhysicalMemory"]
).decode()
# Can get for example a "running scripts is disabled on this system"
# error where "o" will be a long string rather than an int
Expand All @@ -708,8 +706,9 @@ def _get_total_memory():
def _get_cpu_brand():
"""Return the CPU brand string."""
if platform.system() == "Windows":
ps = shutil.which("pwsh") or shutil.which("powershell")
o = subprocess.check_output(
["powershell.exe", "(Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor).Name"]
[ps, "-c", "(Get-CimInstance Win32_Processor).Name"]
).decode()
cpu_brand = o.strip().splitlines()[-1]
elif platform.system() == "Linux":
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