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Widunder
Widunder

Reputation: 295

PowerShell v3 intellisense

I have latest PowerShell ISE v3 and everything. Just exploring it for the first time. And have found that the Ctrl+Space shortcut doesn't work at all, just never ever ever work. Even though in documentation and Microsoft Virtual Academy there is a reference to that intellisense shortcut. Some intellisense does work, there may be other shortcut keys not working. But it's one that I've just discovered anyway.

Am I missing something (Is it actually part of standard installation or there is an extension that I need to download)? It would just really be helpful if it worked.

The example I'm trying to run is from MVA, which is Get-WmiObject win32_ and then trying to do the shortcut

I also noticed that when I keep the shortcut pressed - I can see a message "Intellisense..." flicking at the bottom of the screen.

Get-Host

returns:

Name             : Windows PowerShell ISE Host
Version          : 3.0
InstanceId       : fc07e6bc-9bdb-4515-a364-6de84298cd99
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture   : en-NZ
CurrentUICulture : en-US
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.Host.ISE.ISEOptions
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion

returns:

Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
3      0      -1     -1

Some of the other shortcut keys do work, for example Ctrl+Jworks just fine.

Also if I run the Get-WmiObject win32_logicaldiskafter typing it in - it executes successfully.

Also, if I backspace all the way to just Get-Wmi part it does open the suggestion for the rest of the command. Just not when I type in a class name to be passed in.

For those having the same problem as of this date and time the post has been written, the solution have NOT been found. Use Get-CimInstance command instead. It will give you the list of classes by Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_ then press Ctrl+Space

Cheers.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 502

Answers (2)

MidgetToaster
MidgetToaster

Reputation: 28

If you are only experiencing this with using the Get-WmiObject cmdlet and Win32_* objects, then check out the link below. It's a quick read.

http://powershell.com/cs/blogs/tips/archive/2013/11/26/getting-wmi-intellisense.aspx

One of the comments links to a tool from Microsoft that may add IntelliSense for WMI, but I haven't tested this.

Upvotes: 1

Raishul
Raishul

Reputation: 146

Please download and install following from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595:

1.If your OS is windows 7 x64 - select - Windows6.1-KB2506143-x64.msu file. Else download as per your os version

After installation please restart your computer and run PowerShell again. Ctrl + Space will work for intellisense.

Cheers!

Upvotes: 0

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