PowerShell 2.0 and "The term 'Param' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program"

Question

I am running Windows 7 RTM. PowerShell 2.0 is installed by default. I am using the excellent Windows PowerShell ISE to edit my scripts. I have the following script:

Param($p) Param($d) echo $p $d 

I save the script as SayItAgain.ps1. When I try to run this script from the interactive shell like so:

./SayItAgain -p "Hello" 

I receive the following error:

The term 'Param' 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\cius\Code\powershell\SayItAgain.ps1:2 char:6 + Param <<<< ($destination)     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Param:String) [], CommandNotFoundException     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException 

Is this a known issue or am I simply using it wrong?

Answer 1

If your param($p) is not the first line in your script that can cause the Param error.

Make sure your param($p) is the first line.