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Get-InstalledPSResource fails to detect PSResourceGet Version in PowerShell 7.6.x because Module is in Program Directory

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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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