PowerShell / PowerShell/PSResourceGet
Get-InstalledPSResource fails to detect PSResourceGet Version in PowerShell 7.6.x because Module is in Program Directory
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Steps to reproduce
Hi,
Since PowerShell 7.6.0 the Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet Module is bundled with the Install.
It's not possible to detect the Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet Module anymore, because it's installed in the Program directory: C:\program files\powershell\7\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet\Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.dll
Get-InstalledPSResource only has the Scope "CurrentUser" or "AllUsers"
Expected behavior
# One of these Commands should return the Version of PSResourceGet
Get-InstalledPSResource -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Scope CurrentUser
Get-InstalledPSResource -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Scope AllUsers
Actual behavior
# Both commands fail to return the Module, because it's in the PowerShell Program Directory
Get-InstalledPSResource -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Scope CurrentUser
Get-InstalledPSResource -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Scope AllUsers
Error details
Get-Error
Exception :
Type : Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.UtilClasses.ResourceNotFoundException
Message : No match was found for package 'Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet'.
HResult : -2146233088
TargetObject : Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.Cmdlets.GetInstalledPSResourceCommand
CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.PowerShel…edPSResourceCommand:GetInstalledPSResourceCommand)
[Get-InstalledPSResource], ResourceNotFoundException
FullyQualifiedErrorId :
InstalledPackageNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.Cmdlets.GetInstalledPSResourceCommand
InvocationInfo :
MyCommand : Get-InstalledPSResource
ScriptLineNumber : 1
OffsetInLine : 1
HistoryId : 16
Line : Get-InstalledPSResource -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Scope AllUsers
Statement : Get-InstalledPSResource -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Scope AllUsers
PositionMessage : At line:1 char:1
+ Get-InstalledPSResource -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet -Sco …
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
InvocationName : Get-InstalledPSResource
CommandOrigin : Internal
ScriptStackTrace : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PipelineIterationInfo :
0
1
Environment data
Get-Module -Name Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet | fl
Name : Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet
Path : C:\program files\powershell\7\Modules\Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet\Microsoft.PowerShell.PSRes
ourceGet.dll
Description : PowerShell module with commands for discovering, installing, updating and publishing the
PowerShell artifacts like Modules, Scripts, and DSC Resources.
ModuleType : Binary
Version : 1.2.0
PreRelease :
NestedModules : {Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet}
ExportedFunctions : Import-PSGetRepository
ExportedCmdlets : {Compress-PSResource, Find-PSResource, Get-InstalledPSResource, Get-PSResourceRepository…}
ExportedVariables :
ExportedAliases : {cmres, fdres, Get-PSResource, gres…}
$PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.6.1
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.6.1
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.4
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
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