Installing PowerShell module persistently for all users

Question

I\'m installing a PowerShell module via Octopus Deploy onto a number of different servers. For testing purposes, I went with the guidance of Microsoft\'s documentation for insta

Answer 1

After taking the steps you spelled out in your question (which I think is the general way to go), I found two ways to get the new module source recognized by Powershell:

• Restart the machine. (Works every time.)

• Reset the PSModulePath in each open session.

  $env:PSModulePath=[Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PSModulePath", "Machine")
  

  I found this was necessary to run in both normal and elevated prompts to get this to work without restarting in each type of prompt. (See also the conversation @ Topic: PSModulePath.)