How do I force powershell to reload a custom module?

Question

I have created a module 'ActiveDirectory.psm1' which contains a class in powershellv5. I am importing that module in another file called 'test.ps1' and then calling a method from the class.

test.ps1 contains the following:

using module '\\ser01\Shared\Scripts\Windows Powershell\modules\ActiveDirectory\ActiveDirectory.psm1'

Set-StrictMode -version Latest;

$AD = [ActiveDirectory]::New('CS');
$AD.SyncGroupMembership($True);

It all works as expected BUT when I make a change to ActiveDirectory.psm1 & save the changes they aren't reflected immediately. i.e. if ActiveDirectory.psm1 contains:

write-verbose 'do something';

If I change that to

write-verbose 'now the script does something else';

the output remains 'do something'

I'm guessing it has stored the module in memory and doesn't reload it therefore missing the changes I have made. What command do I need to run to load the most recent saved version of the module?

Import-Module ActiveDirectory -force maybe? See Powershell: Editing an already imported module — wOxxOm
I've created this issue to address the problem of the using module statement not reloading the module after changes have been made to it. Please go thumbs up it to up-vote it. github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/7654 — deadlydog

DAXaholic DAXaholic · Accepted Answer · 2016-09-11T05:38:06

As suggested by wOxxOm try Import-Module ... -Force or if that does not work try to explicitly remove it with Remove-Module and reimport it

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How do I force powershell to reload a custom module?

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