Getting 'Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Identity.Client, Version=4.21.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0a613f4dd989e8ae'. Could not find or | load a specific file. (0x80131621)' on Connect-PnPOnline

Question

I am trying to run a script in Powershell 7 using PnP.PowerShell version 1.5.0 and I am getting error:

Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Identity.Client, Version=4.21.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=0a613f4dd989e8ae'. Could not find or
| load a specific file. (0x80131621)

My connect statement is as follows:

Connect-PnPOnline -ClientId $env:PnPClientId -Url $URL -Tenant ($env:Tenant + ".onmicrosoft.com") -Thumbprint $env:PnPThumbprint

This seems to be an issue with PowerShell 7 as Windows PowerShell still seems to be working on this same PC using PnP.PowerShell.

Anyone have suggestions on what I might need to change? I have users running scripts in Windows PowerShell so hoping for a uniform statement that works in both PowerShell versions.

Answer 1

Hi,

Does updating to the latest version solve the problem? The current version is 1.5.42-nightly.
https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PnP.PowerShell

If the problem is not solved you can report it over here
https://github.com/pnp/powershell/issues

As the module works with Windows PowerShell, you may also try loading the PnP.Powershell module using the Windows PowerShell Compatibility feature.

Import-Module -Name PnP.Powershell -UseWindowsPowerShell  

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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Answer 2

I removed Powershell 7 and it started working fine with PS 5.1.

Answer 3