Module not loading

[dennisa72295]

Due to security policies I can't use Install-module to install dbatools nor dbatools.library. I downloaded the latest release of both and unzipped them into My Documents\WindowsPowershell\Modules directory. I removed the -master and -main from the folder names.
When I try to import the module dbatools I get and error from the dbatools.library module:

import-module : The specified module 'C:\Users\adm-l2a-deanderson\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\dbatools.library
desktop\lib\Microsoft.Data.SqlClient.dll' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module
directory.
At line:1 char:1

• import-module dbatools

•   + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (C:\Users\adm-l2...a.SqlClient.dll:String) [Import-Module], FileNot
   FoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand
  

[dennisa72295]

The directory structure between the older version and the latest release of dbatool.library is totally different. The older version I only see a folder named 2023.5.5 under the main folder, while the new version has several folders and files listed

[jpomfret]

Hi @dennisa72295 - when you download and unzip make sure you match the directory structure in My Documents\WindowsPowershell\Modules

I would expect

• folder for the module - e.g. ...My Documents\WindowsPowershell\Modules\dbatools.library
• folder for the version - e.g. ...My Documents\WindowsPowershell\Modules\dbatools.library\2023.9.21
• module files in that folder - e.g. ...My Documents\WindowsPowershell\Modules\dbatools.library\2023.9.21\dbatools.library.psd1

also when you download from the internet sometimes the files are blocked - you can unblock them all like this:

Get-ChildItem -Path '...My Documents\WindowsPowershell\Modules\dbatools.library\2023.9.21' -Recurse | Unblock-File 

Which is the equivalent of checking this checkbox

[dennisa72295]

The downloadable zip file for the dbatools.library doesn't have the same directory structure. Meaning that in the previous version when I unzipped it there was a 2023.9.21 folder, however, in the latest version there is no such folder (2024.3.9) in the zip file. The only way I could get a correct module installed was to go to a personal off network PC and install from the internet then copy the installed directories to USB and sneakernet them over to my on network PC. This makes any future upgrades a lot harder to do.

[jpomfret]

Where do you download the zip from? PowerShell Gallery?

[dennisa72295]

https://github.com/dataplat/dbatools.library

[jpomfret]

Gotcha - so I would suggest writing a PowerShell script to create the folder structure you need.. I'm not sure about how that zip gets generated - I don't believe it's something we can control I'm afraid.

[dennisa72295]

It should be easy enough to take and installed version and upload it to the GitHub repo for download. What is there seems to be source code that isn't compiled yet.