{"id":74206,"date":"2015-02-04T11:59:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T11:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.technet.microsoft.com\/heyscriptingguy\/2015\/02\/04\/powertip-override-modules-in-powershell-session\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T10:30:47","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T17:30:47","slug":"powertip-override-modules-in-powershell-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/powertip-override-modules-in-powershell-session\/","title":{"rendered":"PowerTip: Override Modules in PowerShell Session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b style=\"font-size:12px\">Summary<\/b><span style=\"font-size:12px\">: Learn how to override the modules you have imported into your Windows PowerShell session.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/q-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Question\" \/>&nbsp;How can I re-load the Windows PowerShell module that I am developing so I can test the changes at each <br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;stage of development?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:30px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/a-for-powertip.jpg\" alt=\"Hey, Scripting Guy! Answer\" \/>&nbsp;By default, if you have a module loaded into to your Windows PowerShell session and you attempt to re-load it, <br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;nothing happens because&nbsp;<b>Import-Module<\/b>&nbsp;discovers it is already loaded. Use the&nbsp;<b>&ndash;Force<\/b>&nbsp;parameter to ensure <br \/>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;that a fresh copy of the module is loaded and you get your latest features:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:120px\">Import-Module &lt;mymodule&gt; -Force<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:60px\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2019\/02\/7610.Dr.ScriptoForTips.jpg\" alt=\" \" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary: Learn how to override the modules you have imported into your Windows PowerShell session. &nbsp;How can I re-load the Windows PowerShell module that I am developing so I can test the changes at each &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;stage of development? &nbsp;By default, if you have a module loaded into to your Windows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":596,"featured_media":87096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,356,189,45],"class_list":["post-74206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scripting","tag-modules","tag-powertip","tag-richard-siddaway","tag-windows-powershell"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Summary: Learn how to override the modules you have imported into your Windows PowerShell session. &nbsp;How can I re-load the Windows PowerShell module that I am developing so I can test the changes at each &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;stage of development? &nbsp;By default, if you have a module loaded into to your Windows [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/596"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/scripting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}