![]() NAME Get-PSSnapin SYNOPSIS Gets the Windows PowerShell snap-ins on the computer. SYNTAX Get-PSSnapin [[-Name] DESCRIPTION The Get-PSSnapin cmdlet gets the Windows PowerShell snap-ins that have been added to the current session or that ha ve been registered on the system. The snap-ins are listed in the order in which they are detected. Get-PSSnapin gets only registered snap-ins. To register a Windows PowerShell snap-in, use the InstallUtil tool incl uded with the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. For more information, see "How to Register Cmdlets, Providers, and Host Applications" in the MSDN (Microsoft Developer Network) library at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=143619. PARAMETERS -Name Gets only the specified Windows PowerShell snap-ins. Enter the names of one or more Windows PowerShell snap-ins . Wildcards are permitted. The parameter name ("Name") is optional. Required? false Position? 1 Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -Registered [ Gets the Windows PowerShell snap-ins that have been registered on the system (even if they have not yet been ad ded to the session). The snap-ins that are installed with Windows PowerShell do not appear in this list. Without this parameter, Get-PSSnapin gets the Windows PowerShell snap-ins that have been added to the session. Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer and OutVariable. For more information, type, "get-help about_commonparameters". INPUTS None You cannot pipe input to Get-PSSnapin. OUTPUTS System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInInfo Get-PSSnapin returns an object for each snap-in that it gets. NOTES You can refer to Get-PSSnapin by its built-in alias, "psnp". For more information, see about_Aliases. -------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 -------------------------- C:\PS>get-PSSnapIn Description ----------- This command gets the Windows PowerShell snap-ins that are currently loaded in the session. This includes the snap- ins that are installed with Windows PowerShell and those that have been added to the session. -------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 -------------------------- C:\PS>get-PSSnapIn -registered Description ----------- This command gets the Windows PowerShell snap-ins that have been registered on the computer, including those that h ave already been added to the session. The output does not include snap-ins that are installed with Windows PowerSh ell or Windows PowerShell snap-in dynamic-link libraries (DLLs) that have not yet been registered on the system. -------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 -------------------------- C:\PS>get-PSSnapIn smp* Description ----------- This command gets the Windows PowerShell snap-ins in the current session that have names that begin with "smp". RELATED LINKS Online version: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113330 Add-PSSnapin Remove-PSSnapin |