PowerShell 2.0 and “The term 'Param' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program”

Question

I am running Windows 7 RTM. PowerShell 2.0 is installed by default. I am using the excellent Windows PowerShell ISE to edit my scripts. I have the following script:

Answer 1

I've solved the problem. I've corrected the description of the problem to make it accurate.

The source of the problem is that I was incorrectly using the Param keyword multiple times. The correct usage is to declare multiple parameters within a single Param declaration like the following:

Param($p, $d)

This usage is explained in the Windows PowerShell Help article "about_Functions".