Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting - Third Edition

Get-Module, PSCompatibility, and PSEdition

The PSEdition and PSCompatibleEditions fields were added to the module manifest (a .psd1 file that accompanies a module) with PowerShell 5.1. This allows module authors to state whether a module is PowerShell Core (Core), Windows PowerShell (Desk), or both.

By default, PowerShell Core will not find or use modules from C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules when running the Get-Module -ListAvailable command or when using Import-Module.

Modules in this one location are subject to additional checks as they have not been tested with PowerShell Core and may not load. Modules in this location may be viewed or loaded in the following circumstances:

• The module manifest (.psd1 file) accompanying ...