diff --git a/src/stage1/stage1.bat b/src/stage1/stage1.bat
index ec9e210..55dfd10 100644
--- a/src/stage1/stage1.bat
+++ b/src/stage1/stage1.bat
@@ -18,8 +18,15 @@
     )
     if not exist "%GG_CACHE_DIR%" mkdir "%GG_CACHE_DIR%"
     powershell -c "sc m2 ([byte[]](gc '%0' -Encoding Byte | select -Skip AAAA)) -Encoding Byte"
-    tar -zxf m2 -C "%GG_CACHE_DIR%"
+    : Git's GNU tar shadows tar on PATH and cannot take "C:" paths (#291)
+    set "GG_TAR=%SystemRoot%\System32\tar.exe"
+    if not exist "%GG_TAR%" set "GG_TAR=tar"
+    "%GG_TAR%" -zxf m2 -C "%GG_CACHE_DIR%"
     del m2
+    if not exist "%GG_CACHE_DIR%\gg-VERVER\stage2.ps1" (
+        echo gg: could not unpack into "%GG_CACHE_DIR%"
+        exit /b 1
+    )
     powershell -executionpolicy bypass -file "%GG_CACHE_DIR%\gg-VERVER\stage2.ps1" %*
     exit /b %errorlevel%
 BATCH
diff --git a/src/stage2/stage2.ps1 b/src/stage2/stage2.ps1
index 89d3e2c..b688c48 100644
--- a/src/stage2/stage2.ps1
+++ b/src/stage2/stage2.ps1
@@ -97,7 +97,20 @@ if ($hash)
             # stage3, so verify ourselves. Catches a tampered blob as well as
             # the boring case: a truncated-but-non-empty download. -ne is
             # case-insensitive, so uppercase vs lowercase hex is fine.
-            $actualHash = (Get-FileHash $tempFile -Algorithm SHA512).Hash
+            # Hash via .NET, not Get-FileHash: that one lives in a script module
+            # which PowerShell 7 shadows with its Core-only copy, so a child
+            # Windows PowerShell can't load it and the cmdlet vanishes (#292).
+            $sha512 = [System.Security.Cryptography.SHA512]::Create()
+            $stream = [System.IO.File]::OpenRead($tempFile)
+            try
+            {
+                $actualHash = [BitConverter]::ToString($sha512.ComputeHash($stream)).Replace('-', '')
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                $stream.Dispose()
+                $sha512.Dispose()
+            }
             if ($actualHash -ne $hash)
             {
                 Write-Host "Hash mismatch: expected $hash, got $actualHash"