Powershell : Import-Module : Could not load file or assembly

Sometimes you might face above issue while importing module(written using C# dll) downloaded from internet. One reason could be that, windows considers downloaded dll's as malicious or whatever, so just 'Unblock'(right-click into Properties->General tab) if you trust it.

CmdLet.ShouldContinue

Please refer this

Below example code

protected override void ProcessRecord()
{
    if (this.ShouldContinue("Are you sure you want to uninstall", "Confirm Uninstall"))
    {
        //your script here
    }
}

Sample powershell scripts

ProjectDir - Project Folder
OutDir - either bin\debug or bin\release or whatever set as output directory

1. To Copy files from 'some folder' into output directory  - below copies everything from 'libs' folder which is at same level as that of our Project directory into Project directory's output.

    copy /Y $(ProjectDir)\..\libs\* $(ProjectDir)\$(OutDir)\

to be contd....

BadImageFormatException in Windows 2008 R2 Server

I successfully imported PowerShell Script written using C#, but it throws System.BadImageFormatException when i tried to execute it. After spending few hours, figured out my Powershell Script was compiled for x86, so i should have used “c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0”.

CmdLet in windows 7

http://blogs.technet.com/b/josebda/archive/2009/11/25/download-for-powershell-v2-for-windows-7-no-need-it-s-already-there.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/saveenr/archive/2010/03/08/how-to-create-a-powershell-2-0-module-and-cmdlet-with-visual-studio-2010-screencast-included.aspx