Powershell imported module command not recognized - powershell

Question

I've been working on a powershell script. Because I want to modularize/organize my code a little bit I decided to try making some modules to split up my script.
I am running powershell 5.1.14393.1066
Now I have one main script which imports the modules that it needs, but it can't seem to find my function Is-Template-Name-Set:
Is-Template-Name-Set : The term 'Is-Template-Name-Set' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At C:\Users\niels\test1\TemplateScript.ps1:6 char:5
+ If (Is-Template-Name-Set) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Is-Template-Name-Set:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
Is-Template-Name-Set is defined in UtilityTemplateModule. Module file (UtilityTemplateModule.psm1):
Function Get-ScriptDirectory() {
return Split-Path $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
}
Function Is-Template-Name-Set($templateName) {
$templateName -And $templateName -is [String] -And -Not $templateName -eq ""
}
Export-ModuleMember -Function 'Get-*'
Export-ModuleMember -Function 'Is-*'
UtilityTemplateModule description (UtilityTemplateModule.psd1 file):
#{
ModuleVersion = '1.0'
GUID = '082fc8f7-4c7f-4d9f-84a8-b36c3610cdfe'
Author = 'Niels Bokmans'
CompanyName = 'Bluenotion'
Copyright = 'Copyright (c) 2017'
Description = 'General utilities used by the other template modules.'
# Functions to export from this module
FunctionsToExport = '*'
# Cmdlets to export from this module
CmdletsToExport = '*'
# Variables to export from this module
VariablesToExport = '*'
# Aliases to export from this module
AliasesToExport = '*'
}
My main script:
param([String]$templateName="")
Import-Module BuildTemplateModule
Import-Module CdnTemplateModule
Import-Module UtilityTemplateModule
If (Is-TemplateNameSet -templateName $templateName) {
echo "Template name is set!"
$templateId = GetTemplateId -templateName $templateName
if (-Not $templateId -eq -1) {
Restore-Packages
Run-Build-Tasks
Minify-Require-Js
Clean-Downloaded-Dependencies
Copy-Offline-Page
#Deploy $response.templateId
}
} else {
echo "Template name not set!"
exit
}
I'm very new to any powershell work and I'm not sure why the function isn't recognized. I think I'm doing it right, exporting functions in the module itself and also just exporting everything in the description file (?, the .psd1 file).
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Based on your comment about the system32 powershell modules directory I think you may be putting your modules in the wrong directory.
Per: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd878350(v=vs.85).aspx
$PSHome\Modules (%Windir%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules)
This location is reserved for modules that ship with Windows. Do not install modules to this location.
I suggest moving your modules to:
$Home\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules (%UserProfile%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules)
Or
$Env:ProgramFiles\WindowsPowerShell\Modules (%ProgramFiles%\WindowsPowerShell\Modules)
Creating any directories in either of those paths that are missing (e.g under Documents the \WindowsPowerShell\Modules folders don't usually exist by default).
Alternatively you could put modules in a custom path and add that path to the PSModulePath environment variable.