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TB.
TB.

Reputation: 41

Unable to find module providers

I'm having an issue with PowerShell. It's almost like it's not installed all the way; which is weird since it's Windows 10 and it ships with it.

With no lock, I've tried replacing the following directories with a fresh copy from another Windows 10 machine that is working:

I also tried SFC /scannow, but it found no issues. I've searched for hours and haven't been able to find anyone with the exact same issue. Does anyone have any ideas?

System Information:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> [environment]::OSVersion.Version
Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
10     0      10586  0

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion
Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
5      0      10586  122

Errors:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-PSRepository
PackageManagement\Get-PackageSource : Unable to find module providers (PowerShellGet).
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:3544 char:31
+ ... ckageSources = PackageManagement\Get-PackageSource @PSBoundParameters
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument:(Microsoft.Power...etPackageSource:GetPackageSource) [Get-PackageSource
   ], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviders,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPackageSource

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-PackageProvider -Name PSModule -ForceBootstrap
Get-PackageProvider : Unable to find package provider 'PSModule'. It may not be imported yet. Try 'Get-PackageProvider
-ListAvailable'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-PackageProvider -Name PSModule -ForceBootstrap
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power...PackageProvider:GetPackageProvider) [Get-PackageProvi
   der], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : UnknownProviderFromActivatedList,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.GetPacka
   geProvider

The below returns nothing:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-PackageProvider -ListAvailable
PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>

Upvotes: 4

Views: 13206

Answers (2)

Tyler Helder
Tyler Helder

Reputation: 624

If your end goal is to install packages from Chocolatey or something similar with PowerShell you would want to perform the following.

To import the Module you would execute the following:

Import-Module PackageManagement

To install the package providers you would execute the following:

Install-PackageProvider -Name Chocolatey -Force

To find a package within the package provider Chocolatey you would execute the following (you could use wildcard for name to get all packages available):

Find-Package -Name SomePackageNameHere -ProviderName Chocolatey

Lastly, to install a package from Chocolatey you would execute the following:

Install-Package -Name SomePackageNameHere -ProviderName Chocolatey -Force

I hope this helps!

Upvotes: 3

TB.
TB.

Reputation: 41

Looks like I solved the issue. I installed Chocolatey by using the CMD.exe method.

I ran CMD.exe as an administrator and ran the following command:

@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin

Now I have a PS Repository: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-PSRepository

Name                      PackageManagementProvider InstallationPolicy   SourceLocation
----                      ------------------------- ------------------   --------------
PSGallery                 NuGet                     Untrusted            https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/

I'm guessing something during the install of Chocolatey, repaired whatever was broken.

Upvotes: 0

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