How to find or install missing Commands in PowerShell Core (pwsh)?
I am using multiple versions of PowerShell, but only 2 can find all standard commands (or is it commandlets?).
The original install is Windows PowerShell v5.1, but then I also have PowerShell Core (pwsh.exe) v6.1.1 installed.
The problem is that I am trying to run some firewall-related stuff in PowerShell Core, but the Get-NetFirewallProfile command cannot be found.
Get-NetFirewallProfile -Profile Domain, Public, Private | Select-Object Name, Enabled
However, it runs just fine in Windows PowerShell, since the required module NetSecurity is available there.
How can I make PowerShell Core either find the already existing modules or install them anew?
(Are they even compatible? - If not, how can they be updated?)
additional info
In PowerShell Core v6.1 I only have:
$ Get-Module -ListAvailable
Directory: C:\Program Files\PowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Version Name PSEdition ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- --------- ----------------
Script 1.8.1 PSVersion Desk {Get-PSVersion, Update-P
Binary 2.1.0.1 PSWindowsUpdate Desk {Add-WUServiceManager, E
Directory: C:\program files\powershell\6\Modules
ModuleType Version Name PSEdition ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- --------- ----------------
Manifest 6.1.0.0 CimCmdlets Core {Get-CimAssociatedInstan
Manifest 1.2.2.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive Desk {Compress-Archive, Expan
Manifest 6.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics Core {Get-WinEvent, New-WinEv
Manifest 6.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Host Core {Start-Transcript, Stop-
Manifest 6.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management Core {Add-Content, Clear-Cont
Manifest 6.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Security Core {Get-Acl, Set-Acl, Get-P
Manifest 6.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility Core {Format-List, Format-Cus
Manifest 6.1.0.0 Microsoft.WSMan.Management Core {Disable-WSManCredSSP, E
Script 1.1.7.2 PackageManagement Desk {Find-Package, Get-Packa
Script 1.6.7 PowerShellGet Desk {Find-Command, Find-DSCR
Script 0.0 PSDesiredStateConfiguration Desk {GetSyntax, Write-MetaCo
Script 6.1.0.0 PSDiagnostics Core {Disable-PSTrace, Disabl
Script 2.0.0 PSReadLine Desk {Get-PSReadLineKeyHandle
Binary 1.1.2 ThreadJob Desk Start-ThreadJob
whereas in Windows PowerShell v5.1, I have:
$ Get-Module -ListAvailable *
Directory: C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Binary 1.0.0.1 PackageManagement {Find-Package, Get
Script 1.0.0.1 PowerShellGet {Install-Module, F
Script 1.8.1 PSVersion {Get-PSVersion, Up
Directory: C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules
ModuleType Version Name ExportedCommands
---------- ------- ---- ----------------
Manifest 1.0.0.0 AppBackgroundTask {Disable-AppBackgr
Manifest 2.0.0.0 Appx {Add-AppxPackage,
Manifest 1.0.0.0 BitLocker {Unlock-BitLocker,
Manifest 1.0.0.0 BitsTransfer {Add-BitsFile, Com
Manifest 1.0.0.0 CimCmdlets {Get-CimAssociated
Manifest 1.0 Defender {Get-MpPreference,
Manifest 1.0.0.0 DirectAccessClientComponents {Disable-DAManualE
Script 3.0 Dism {Add-AppxProvision
Manifest 1.0.0.0 DnsClient {Resolve-DnsName,
Manifest 2.0.0.0 International {Get-WinDefaultInp
Manifest 1.0.0.0 iSCSI {Get-IscsiTargetPo
Script 1.0.0.0 ISE {New-IseSnippet, I
Manifest 1.0.0.0 Kds {Add-KdsRootKey, G
Manifest 1.0.1.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Archive {Compress-Archive,
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Diagnostics {Get-WinEvent, Get
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Host {Start-Transcript,
Manifest 1.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts {Add-LocalGroupMem
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Management {Add-Content, Clea
Script 1.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.ODataUtils Export-ODataEndpoi
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Security {Get-Acl, Set-Acl,
Manifest 3.1.0.0 Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility {Format-List, Form
Manifest 3.0.0.0 Microsoft.WSMan.Management {Disable-WSManCred
Manifest 1.0 MMAgent {Disable-MMAgent,
Manifest 1.0.0.0 MsDtc {New-DtcDiagnostic
Manifest 2.0.0.0 NetAdapter {Disable-NetAdapte
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetConnection {Get-NetConnection
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetEventPacketCapture {New-NetEventSessi
Manifest 2.0.0.0 NetLbfo {Add-NetLbfoTeamMe
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetNat {Get-NetNat, Get-N
Manifest 2.0.0.0 NetQos {Get-NetQosPolicy,
Manifest 2.0.0.0 NetSecurity {Get-DAPolicyChang
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetSwitchTeam {New-NetSwitchTeam
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetTCPIP {Get-NetIPAddress,
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetworkConnectivityStatus {Get-DAConnectionS
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetworkSwitchManager {Disable-NetworkSw
Manifest 1.0.0.0 NetworkTransition {Add-NetIPHttpsCer
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PcsvDevice {Get-PcsvDevice, S
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PKI {Add-CertificateEn
Manifest 1.1 PrintManagement {Add-Printer, Add-
Manifest 1.1 PSDesiredStateConfiguration {Set-DscLocalConfi
Script 1.0.0.0 PSDiagnostics {Disable-PSTrace,
Binary 1.1.0.0 PSScheduledJob {New-JobTrigger, A
Manifest 1.5.2.6 PSWindowsUpdate {Add-WUOfflineSync
Manifest 2.0.0.0 PSWorkflow {New-PSWorkflowExe
Manifest 1.0.0.0 PSWorkflowUtility Invoke-AsWorkflow
Manifest 1.0.0.0 ScheduledTasks {Get-ScheduledTask
Manifest 2.0.0.0 SecureBoot {Confirm-SecureBoo
Manifest 2.0.0.0 SmbShare {Get-SmbShare, Rem
Manifest 2.0.0.0 SmbWitness {Get-SmbWitnessCli
Manifest 1.0.0.0 StartScreen {Export-StartLayou
Manifest 2.0.0.0 Storage {Add-InitiatorIdTo
Manifest 2.0.0.0 TLS {New-TlsSessionTic
Manifest 1.0.0.0 TroubleshootingPack {Get-Troubleshooti
Manifest 2.0.0.0 TrustedPlatformModule {Get-Tpm, Initiali
Manifest 2.0.0.0 VpnClient {Add-VpnConnection
Manifest 1.0.0.0 Wdac {Get-OdbcDriver, S
Manifest 1.0.0.0 WindowsDeveloperLicense {Get-WindowsDevelo
Script 1.0 WindowsErrorReporting {Enable-WindowsErr
Manifest 1.0.0.0 WindowsSearch {Get-WindowsSearch
And just in case someone wonders, all the available commands in a module can be listed with:
(Get-Module -ListAvailable NetSecurity).ExportedCommands
UPDATE:
I managed to find the correct modules, given a command/comdlet, using this:
(Get-Module -ListAvailable -SkipEditionCheck *).ExportedCommands.Values |select CommandType,Source,Version,Name | sort Name
(Alternatively replace ExportedCommands with ExportedCmdlets.)
Answer
NetSecurity is not supported in Core. If you are on a Windows OS you can however use the Param -SkipEditionCheck
Import-Module NetSecurity -SkipEditionCheck
You can use the same Param on Get-Module
Get-Module NetSecurity -ListAvailable -SkipEditionCheck