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Windows PowerShell Snap-In for IIS fails on 32-bit?

I'm trying to write a PowerShell script that will automate my IIS website deployments. I'm trying to run the scripts on my Windows Server 2008 R2 machine, under 32-bit in:

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe

Whenever I run a WebAdministration command such as this:

Get-Website -Name "MYWebsite"

I get an error like this:

Get-Website : Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {688EEE
E5-6A7E-422F-B2E1-6AF00DC944A6} failed due to the following error: 80040154.
At line:1 char:12
+ Get-Website <<<<  -Name "MyWebsite"
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-Website], COMException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException,Micr
   osoft.IIs.PowerShell.Provider.GetWebsiteCommand

Switching to the 64-bit version of PowerShell.exe resolves this issue but makes it impossible for me to also use the Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2008 Power Tools PSSnapin, which is a no-go for me.

Any idea how I can overcome this? Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • Just to connect the dots. "urig" answered his own question in another topic: TFS Power Tools 2008 Powershell Snapin won't run in on 64-bit in Windows 2008 R2

    "Cathy Kong of Microsoft was kind enough to provide me with a workaround for this issue. The full details can be found here in the MSDN TFS PowerTools forum: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/tfspowertools/thread/a116799a-0476-4c42-aa3e-45d8ba23739e/?prof=required

    The fix is as follows and worked well for me:

    Please save the following content and save it as *.reg file and import to Registry(just double click the *.reg file, click OK double)

    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

    [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell] "PowerShellVersion"="2.0" "Vendor"="Microsoft Corporation" "Description"="This is a PowerShell snap-in that includes the Team Foundation Server cmdlets." "VendorIndirect"="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell,Microsoft" "DescriptionIndirect"="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerShell,This is a PowerShell snap-in that includes the Team Foundation Server cmdlets." "Version"="10.0.0.0" "ApplicationBase"="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools" "AssemblyName"="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerTools.PowerShell, Version=10.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" "ModuleName"="C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2010 Power Tools\Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerTools.PowerShell.dll" "CustomPSSnapInType"="Microsoft.TeamFoundation.PowerTools.PowerShell.TFPSSnapIn"