Error upgrading PowerShell 2

[crosen]

I am trying to get snapshot size info and installing the VI Toolkit Extensions (http://vitoolkitextensions.codeplex.com/). I was at PowerShell 1.0 so I removed that and reinstalled the following:

PowerGUI 2.0.0.1082

PowerShell ISE 2 CTP 3

vSphere PowerCLI 4 U1

When trying to install the VI Toolkit Extension 62528, I get the error "Usage: powershell_ise.exe or powershell_ise.exe fileName.ps1". So I assume this has not installed correctly. I get the same error when I try to launch vSphere PowerCLI. When I launch PowerGUI and select "Start Powershell.exe", I get the message "Unable to start PowerShell.exe".

If anyone has any recommendations on how to get back to an operational state would be appreciated.

[LucD]

I would advise you to use PowerShell v2 RTM instead of CTP3.

There is probably something wrong with the installation CMD.

Luckily you can install the module manually as well.

Do a

Get-Help about_modules

and you will see how you can install the module (and where).

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[crosen]

Still can't import the module...

PS C:\powershell\Modules\vitoolkitextensions-62528\coreModule> import-module C:\PowerShell\Modules\vitoolkitextensions-62528\coreModule\

Import-Module : The specified module 'C:\PowerShell\Modules\vitoolkitextensions-62528\coreModule\' was not loaded because no valid modu

le file was found in any module directory.

At line:1 char:14

+ import-module <<<< C:\PowerShell\Modules\vitoolkitextensions-62528\coreModule\

+ CategoryInfo : ResourceUnavailable: (C:\PowerShell\M...528\coreModule\:String) , FileNotFoundException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

C:\PowerShell\Modules\vitoolkitextensions-62528\coreModule>dir

Volume in drive C is rtpvcb70_c

Volume Serial Number is CC65-56E0

Directory of C:\PowerShell\Modules\vitoolkitextensions-62528\coreModule

02/03/2010 11:28

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02/03/2010 11:28

..

02/03/2010 11:58 14 Null

02/02/2010 08:51 128,755 viToolkitExtensions.psm1

2 File(s) 128,769 bytes

2 Dir(s) 975,971,975,168 bytes free

[LucD]

You have to specify the .psm1 file if you want to load the module from a non-standard directory.

Something like this

Import-Module "C:\PowerShell\Modules\vitoolkitextensions-62528\coreModule\viToolkitExtensions.psm1"

Afterwards you check the functions like this

Get-Command -Module viToolkitExtensions

Let me know if that works.

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[crosen]

Thanks...I have the module installed now. The SizeMB returns the total disk consumption for the VM, but I thought it would return just the size of each snapshot.

get-vm | get-tkesnapshotextended | select name, vm, sizemb, created, description