From b3061933bd3d5c2a49469b33066476626d0c25c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Julio C. Rocha" <julio.rocha@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 02:29:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Defer findPowershell to layoutMSRNCxx

---
 vnext/just-task.js | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/vnext/just-task.js b/vnext/just-task.js
index e10779044fb..ef22fe5fbbd 100644
--- a/vnext/just-task.js
+++ b/vnext/just-task.js
@@ -45,10 +45,9 @@ function codegen(test) {
   );
 }
 
-const powershell = findPowerShell();
-
 function layoutMSRNCxx() {
   if (require('os').platform() === 'win32') {
+    const powershell = findPowerShell();
     execSync(
       `"${powershell}" -NoProfile .\\Scripts\\Tfs\\Layout-MSRN-Headers.ps1 -GenerateLocalCxx`,
       {

From 749219527b04f8a124f182664bfb295d2b3256b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Julio C. Rocha" <julio.rocha@microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 02:36:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Change files

---
 ...ative-windows-f139800b-c305-4d90-a3f6-8d348530a0ce.json | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 change/react-native-windows-f139800b-c305-4d90-a3f6-8d348530a0ce.json

diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-f139800b-c305-4d90-a3f6-8d348530a0ce.json b/change/react-native-windows-f139800b-c305-4d90-a3f6-8d348530a0ce.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9cb98e354c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-f139800b-c305-4d90-a3f6-8d348530a0ce.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Defer findPowershell to layoutMSRNCxx",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "julio.rocha@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}