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Dean_Gross
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Dec 13, 2016
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PnP PowerShell modules

When I run get-module -ListAvailable, I get the following: Script     2.10.16... SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline       {Get-PnPWebTemplates, Get-PnPTimeZoneId, Set-PnPTenantSite, Uninstall-PnPAppInsta...
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  • Pieter Veenstra's avatar
    Pieter Veenstra
    Dec 14, 2016

    Hi Dean_Gross,

     

    it looks like you've got two versions installed.

     

    you might want to try the following:

     

     

    $modules = get-module -ListAvailable | where {$_.Name -eq "SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline"}
foreach($module in $modules)
{
   Write-Host $module.Name $module.Path
}

     

    This should give you the location of the modules.

     

     

Pieter Veenstra's avatar
Pieter Veenstra
MVP
Jan 24, 2017

Hi Daniel Westerdale,

 

I quite often use the following lines in my scripts to set the ModulePath to include the Modules folder to includee my custom modules. You could probably do something similar to control the different versions of modules. 

 

 

 

$path = Split-Path -parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Definition

if ($env:PSModulePath -notlike "*$path\Modules\*")
{
"Adding ;$path\Modules to PSModulePath" | Write-Debug 
$env:PSModulePath += ";$path\Modules\"
}
Write-Host $env:PSModulePath

 

 

Daniel Westerdale's avatar
Daniel Westerdale
Iron Contributor
Mar 01, 2017

Hi Pieter Veenstra 

 

I had a spring clean today of my PnpCommandlets as I want to ensure I stick to the new syntax Anyway I uninstalled each of the older versions and then I   ran the update-module. Doh! I now have 2 versions installed. Ok, I will try remove the older one so do this the interactive way.

 

 

uninstall-module SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline -AllVersions -Confirm

 

Confirm
Are you sure you want to perform this action?
Performing the operation "Uninstall-Module" on target "Version '2.11.1701.1' of module
'SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline'".
[Y] Yes [A] Yes to All [N] No [L] No to All [S] Suspend [?] Help (default is "Y"): y
WARNING: The version '2.11.1701.1' of module 'SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline' is currently in use. Retry the operation
after closing the applications.
PackageManagement\Uninstall-Package : Module 'SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline' is in currently in use.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:2157 char:21
+ ... $null = PackageManagement\Uninstall-Package @PSBoundParameters
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (Microsoft.Power...ninstallPackage:UninstallPackage) [Uninstall-Packag
e], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ModuleIsInUse,Uninstall-Package,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.Uninstall
Package

 

This confuses me as I am not running any PnpCommandlets .. Do I need to remove-module before uninstalling it? 

 

 

  • Pieter Veenstra's avatar
    Pieter Veenstra
    MVP
    Mar 01, 2017

    Daniel Westerdale, it looks like that version has been installed with an installer. 

     

    You're getting the error becsause the modules have been loaded wihtin a PowerShell session. You could try closing all PowerShell session. ( Check Task Manager for anything PowerShell like)

     

    Then I would try and deinstall using the installer ( Add/remove programs)

    • Daniel Westerdale's avatar
      Daniel Westerdale
      Iron Contributor
      Mar 01, 2017

      Pieter Veenstra

       

       

      Yes you were spot on .. even though I had closed ISE it was still present in the Task Manager.  I ran a Cmder PS Console window  for a change and it the above command has removed all SharePointPnPPowerShellOnline modules which suprised me as I thought I would be prompted for the one I wanted to keep.  I installed the latest and greatest .. Thanks for you help

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