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Steps to reproduce

With versions prior to 7.4.0, pressing Tab to get completion on a path with ~ converted that path into the full path for my home folder.

Type dir ~\down and press Tab:

• In 7.3.9, it will be completed as dir C:\Users\bradwilson\Downloads\
• In 7.4.0, it will be completed as dir ~\Downloads\

For built-in commands (like dir), this is fine. For executables, this passes a path with ~ in it, which makes using such paths impossible unless the executable has its own support for mapping ~ to the home folder. For example, if I try to run notepad ~\.config\git\config, it will tell me the path isn't found; if I run notepad C:\Users\bradwilson\.config\git\config, it will open the file appropriately.

This breaks more than a decade of muscle memory expecting ~ to be translated into the correct path, as I've been using PowerShell as my shell since it was called Monad.

This appears to have been purposefully introduced in #19489. I cannot find any way to restore the old behavior short of sticking w/ version 7.3.9.

Expected behavior

PS> TabExpansion2 '~\Downloads' | select -ExpandProperty CompletionMatches

CompletionText                ListItemText        ResultType ToolTip
--------------                ------------        ---------- -------
C:\Users\bradwilson\Downloads Downloads    ProviderContainer C:\Users\bradwilson\Downloads

Actual behavior

PS> TabExpansion2 '~\Downloads' | select -ExpandProperty CompletionMatches

CompletionText ListItemText        ResultType ToolTip
-------------- ------------        ---------- -------
~\Downloads    Downloads    ProviderContainer C:\Users\bradwilson\Downloads

Error details

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Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.3.9
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.3.9
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22631
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0


Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.0
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.0
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22631
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visuals

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