[Solved] Module cannot be loaded

[shugal93]

I ran a compliance check today and everything worked. But then suddenly the module couldn´t be loaded. I've restarted my PC, but the problem persists. The 'Import-Module Harden-Windows-Security-Module' doesn't work either. Any suggestions?

[HotCakeX]

What do you see when you run this command?

Import-Module -Name 'Harden-Windows-Security-Module'

[shugal93]

I installed PS with Winget and now it's not System32 anymore. This is the outputs of the commands:

I don´t think I've done anything configurations since hardening my system. It worked fine the first time I applied the security module.

[HotCakeX]

Thank you, can you also open a new PowerShell tab, reproduce that error and then use this cmdlet?

Get-Error

I need the output of that bcz im hoping it will include more info to pinpoint the issue, thanks

[shugal93]

Sure!

[Jaykul]

I think he needed the Get-Error output after Import-Module because that isn't showing the error that happened inside the module. You might be able to Get-Error 3 to see other errors, but I think PowerShell is going to hide the import error unless you explicitly import.

[HotCakeX]

Can u paste the text please?

use

import-Module -Name 'Harden-Windows-Security-Module'

and then when the error is shown, use

Get-Error

and copy everything displayed and paste here.

Also can u show me the output of this command too? I think im finding out the root cause and this info will confirm it.

Get-Culture

[shugal93]

Well, I hope this is what you need:

[HotCakeX]

@shugal93 thank you, i've fixed the problem and will release an update soon. If you're interested, the root cause is that in your language pack which is Swedish, the decimal separator is , and In the code i used . and that is causing the issue.

If you want to temporarily make it work, you can switch to another language pack such as English that uses . as decimal separator until the update is released (hopefully by the end of tomorrow)

Thanks again 🙏

[shugal93]

Well, that's wonderful news! I'm glad my problem helped you solve a problem (win win). Thanks!

[HotCakeX]

For sure! 🙏🙏

[HotCakeX]

Hi, I fixed the issue in version 0.5.0
https://github.com/HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security/releases/tag/Hardening-Module-v.0.5.0

I was planning on shipping it with the rest of the changes i've been working on but i would have to wait much longer to do the validations on the new code so instead released the v0.5.0 as a small update that only takes care of this issue.

Please use the following command to install the new version

Install-Module -Name 'Harden-Windows-Security-Module' -Force