Editing an already imported module

powershell module import-module
Farrukh Waheed picture Farrukh Waheed · Sep 27, 2013 · Viewed 19.7k times · Source

Before importing my powershell module (MyModule.psm1), I have written one function in it:

Function T1()
{
    Write-Host "T1 is just called" -ForegroundColor red
}

In my MyModule.psd1:

@{
    PowerShellVersion = '2.0'
    PowerShellHostName = ''
    PowerShellHostVersion = '2.0'
    RequiredModules = @()
    ScriptsToProcess = @()
    NestedModules = @()
    FunctionsToExport = '*'
    CmdletsToExport = '*'
    VariablesToExport = '*'
    ModuleList = @()
    FileList = @()
}

This is imported fine, when I copied both files in:

C:\Users\fwaheed\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MyModule

and I'm able to run T1 in my PowerShell session. But now I wanted to add a new function in same module i.e.:

Function T2()
{
    Write-Host "Its now T2.." -ForegroundColor red
}

Even after restarting my PowerShell session, it never recognize T2, however T1 is still working. How can I edit my already imported module such that changes are available immediately.

Answer

Alex Kwitny picture Alex Kwitny · Aug 17, 2016

Use the -Force command with the Import-Module and it will reload it.

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