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powershell makes no sense

Why it doesnt find it? Right after installing it... What am I doing wrong?????  
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  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
    2 years ago

    Anonymous Check your PSModulePath environment variable, should be something like this:

    PSModulePath=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\

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Anonymous
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2 years ago

It still doesnt work... what is going on here?

 

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    Anonymous
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    2 years ago

    Greg_Deckler Thanks for your contribution on this thread.

    Hi Anonymous ,

    Have you been able to resolve the problem you were facing? If not, I would recommend verifying whether the relevant modules are present in the directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules. If you’re unable to locate them, consider obtaining the modules from a colleague who has successfully installed them. You can then copy these modules into your module folder directory. Following this, please check if you’re able to update the module successfully.

    Best Regards

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      Anonymous
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      2 years ago

      I would love to copy paste the folders but I dont have anyone to ask for it! I tried downloading it manually but I get a .nupkg file

  • Greg_Deckler's avatar
    Greg_Deckler
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    2 years ago

    Anonymous Check your PSModulePath environment variable, should be something like this:

    PSModulePath=C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\

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      Anonymous
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      2 years ago

      Why is this so so so so so convoluted; it makes no sense!

       

      The crazy part is that I see no error, why is Powershell pretending to install it and silently failing??

      Thanks for your answer Greg_Deckler 


      I ran $env:PSModulePath

      And I get as result:
      C:\Users\mari\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Azure Information Protection\Powershell

       


      These are 5 paths. crazy! why?!?!

       

      C:\Users\mari\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
      this path doesnt exist. Should I create it?

       

      C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
      I see 5 modules installed hre


      C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
      This seems to be the right one, I see 75 modules, which are the ones I see on my right side in Windows Powershell ISE

       

      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\150\Tools\PowerShell\Modules\
      I see 1 module here

       

      C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Azure Information Protection\Powershell
      I see 1 module here