$Env:PSModulePath issue

Question

Hello
Quite new to PowerShell on Windows 10 and I'm finding an issue with PSModulePath being set to a network share which I do not want as it takes
an age to load. Strangely the speed issue only manifests itself when I run PS commands in Visual Studio code (preferred option) but not in ISE.

I have tried the following to re-order the search list but it only persists for that session.

$Env:PSModulePath = "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;\domain.com\fileshare\redirected$\first.last\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files (x86)\Red Gate\SQL Change Automation PowerShell\Modules\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Azure Information Protection\Powershell"

But it is not persisted.

My $PROFILE looks like this.

I know I need to read up on PS profiles but wanted to get this path stuff sorted first.

Thanks in advanced.

Answer 1

Hi,

The value of $env:PSModulePath is constructed each time PowerShell starts. What does your $PSVersionTable look like?
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_psmodulepath

Best Regards,
Ian Xue

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