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Jack Ukleja
Jack Ukleja

Reputation: 13521

How to resolve Get-NetConnectionProfile : Provider load failure on x86 Powershell?

If I run Get-NetConnectionProfile on 64-bit Powershell it works fine. If I run it on 32-bit Powershell I get the following error:

Get-NetConnectionProfile : Provider load failure
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (MSFT_NetConnectionProfile:root/St
   andardCi...nnectionProfile) [Get-NetConnectionProfile], CimException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : HRESULT 0x80041013,Get-NetConnectionProfile

This is on 64-bit Windows 8.1 with Powershell version 4.0.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 9150

Answers (2)

mwfearnley
mwfearnley

Reputation: 3669

As x0n points out, you need to run the script in 64-bit PowerShell.

ggz's answer (for a similar problem) suggests adding this to the top of the script, which will rerun the script in 64-bit for you:

if ($env:PROCESSOR_ARCHITEW6432 -eq "AMD64") {
    $powershell=$PSHOME.tolower().replace("syswow64","sysnative").replace("system32","sysnative")

    if ($myInvocation.Line) {
        &"$powershell\powershell.exe" -NonInteractive -NoProfile $myInvocation.Line
    } else {
        &"$powershell\powershell.exe" -NonInteractive -NoProfile -file "$($myInvocation.InvocationName)" $args
    }

    exit $lastexitcode
}

# Your script code ...

Upvotes: 0

x0n
x0n

Reputation: 52450

It's not meant to work on the 32bit shell. Frankly, it shouldn't even allow you to load the module. These commands use core operating system libraries. Since the core o/s is 64bit, the process trying to load these libraries must also be 64 bit. I hope this makes sense.

Upvotes: 12

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