Powershell import-module doesn't find modules

Question

I'm learning PowerShell and I'm trying to build my own module library.

I've written a simple module XMLHelpers.psm1 and put in my folder $home/WindowsPowerShell/Modules.

When I do:

 import-module full_path_to_XMLHelpers.psm1 

It works. But when I do:

import-module XMLHelpers 

It doesn't work and I get the error:

Import-Module : The specified module 'xmlhelpers' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.

I've checked that the environment variable PSModulePath contains this folder. As it is a network folder, I've also tried to move it to a local folder and to modify PSModulePath but without success

 $env:PSModulePath=$env:PSModulePath+";"+'C:\local' 

Any idea on what could cause this issue?

Answer 1

The module needs to be placed in a folder with the same name as the module. In your case:

$home/WindowsPowerShell/Modules/XMLHelpers/ 

The full path would be:

$home/WindowsPowerShell/Modules/XMLHelpers/XMLHelpers.psm1 

You would then be able to do:

import-module XMLHelpers