Powershell Extensions for TFS

[Joe S 63]

Hi All,

I recently upgraded from VS2012 to VS2017. We used the VS2012 Powertools Powershell extensions for TFS (Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Powershell) to extract files from a range of change sets. Powertools does not exist for VS2017. I found a post that pointed me to this page: .NET Client Libraries for Azure DevOps Services (and TFS) where I was able to download the Microsoft.TeamFoundationServer.ExtendedClient module. I installed it into the C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules directory, however when I try to add it as a snap in, I get an error message that it cannot be found. What have I done wrong?

PS C> Add-PSSnapIn Microsoft.TeamFoundationServer.ExtendedClient
Add-PSSnapIn : The Windows PowerShell snap-in 'Microsoft.TeamFoundationServer.ExtendedClient' is not installed on this computer.
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-PSSnapIn Microsoft.TeamFoundationServer.ExtendedClient
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.TeamF....ExtendedClient:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSArgumentException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddPSSnapinCommand


Thanks in advance for any help.

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