Errors with Import-Module WTToolbox

[dprice]

Good Morning!

I just installed WTToolbox via Install-Module WTToolBox -Scope CurrentUser. When I ran Import-Module WTToolbox, I got this error:

❯ Import-Module WTToolBox
Add-Member : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.
At C:\Users\34160\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WTToolBox\1.1.0\functions\private.ps1:41 char:12
+     $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Computername -Va ...
+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Add-Member], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddMemberCommand

Add-Member : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.
At C:\Users\34160\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WTToolBox\1.1.0\functions\private.ps1:42 char:12
+     $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name LastUpdated -Val ...
+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Add-Member], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddMemberCommand

Add-Member : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.
At C:\Users\34160\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WTToolBox\1.1.0\functions\private.ps1:43 char:12
+     $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name LastRefresh -Val ...
+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Add-Member], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddMemberCommand

Add-Member : Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.
At C:\Users\34160\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WTToolBox\1.1.0\functions\private.ps1:45 char:12
+     $obj | Add-Member -MemberType ScriptMethod -Name Refresh -Value { ...
+            ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Add-Member], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationErrorNullNotAllowed,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddMemberCommand

What can I do to help debug this for you?

Thanks,
Derek

[jdhitsolutions]

Is WindowsTerminal already installed? The module shouldn't be trying to create the variables if it isn't. I'm working on a new release so let me go back over this code. What version of PowerShell are you running on what operating system?

[jdhitsolutions]

After importing the module, do you have $WTSettingsPath?

PS C:\> $WTSettingsPath
C:\Users\Jeff\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json

[jdhitsolutions]

Can you post your settings.json file?

[dprice]

I definitely have WT installed on my Windows 10 laptop and currently running. That previous error was for Windows PowerShell 5.1. I just tried in PowerShell 7 and got a very similar error:

❯ Import-Module WTToolBox
Add-Member: C:\Users\34160\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WTToolBox\1.1.0\functions\private.ps1:41
Line |
  41 |      $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name Computername -Va …
     |             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.

Add-Member: C:\Users\34160\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WTToolBox\1.1.0\functions\private.ps1:42
Line |
  42 |      $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name LastUpdated -Val …
     |             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.

Add-Member: C:\Users\34160\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WTToolBox\1.1.0\functions\private.ps1:43
Line |
  43 |      $obj | Add-Member -MemberType NoteProperty -Name LastRefresh -Val …
     |             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.

Add-Member: C:\Users\34160\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\WTToolBox\1.1.0\functions\private.ps1:45
Line |
  45 |      $obj | Add-Member -MemberType ScriptMethod -Name Refresh -Value { …
     |             ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot bind argument to parameter 'InputObject' because it is null.

After installing and importing the above for v7, this is my path:

❯ $WTSettingsPath
C:\Users\34160\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json

My settings.json is attached as settings.json.txt since .json was not a supported file type:
settings.json.txt

[jdhitsolutions]

The attachment doesn't seem to be working. Can you run this command without getting an error?

(Get-Content -path $Global:WTSettingsPath).where({$_ -notmatch "//"}) | ConvertFrom-Json

I wonder if there is something I'm not taking into account with your settings file.

[dprice]

Runs fine:

❯ (Get-Content -path $Global:WTSettingsPath).where({$_ -notmatch "//"}) | ConvertFrom-Json

defaultProfile              : {574e775e-4f2a-5b96-ac1e-a2962a402336}
showTabsInTitlebar          : True
showTerminalTitleInTitlebar : True
wordDelimiters              :  ./\()"'-:,.;<>~!@#$%^&*|+=[]{}~?
copyOnSelect                : True
snapToGridOnResize          : True
profiles                    : @{defaults=; list=System.Object[]}
schemes                     : {@{name=Material; background=#1E282C; black=#073641; blue=#80CBC3; brightBlack=#002B36; brightBlue=#7DC6BF; brightCyan=#34434D; brightGreen=#C3E88D; brightPurple=#6C71C3; brightRed=#EB606B; brightW
                              hite=#FFFFFF; brightYellow=#F7EB95; cyan=#AEDDFF; foreground=#C3C7D1; green=#C3E88D; purple=#FF2490; red=#EB606B; white=#FFFFFF; yellow=#F7EB95}, @{name=Dracula; background=#282A36; black=#21222C;
                              blue=#BD93F9; brightBlack=#6272A4; brightBlue=#D6ACFF; brightCyan=#A4FFFF; brightGreen=#69FF94; brightPurple=#FF92DF; brightRed=#FF6E6E; brightWhite=#FFFFFF; brightYellow=#FFFFA5; cyan=#8BE9FD; for
                              eground=#F8F8F2; green=#50FA7B; purple=#FF79C6; red=#FF5555; white=#F8F8F2; yellow=#F1FA8C}, @{name=Cobalt2; black=#000000; red=#ff0000; green=#38de21; yellow=#ffe50a; blue=#1460d2; purple=#ff005d;
                               cyan=#00bbbb; white=#bbbbbb; brightBlack=#555555; brightRed=#f40e17; brightGreen=#3bd01d; brightYellow=#edc809; brightBlue=#5555ff; brightPurple=#ff55ff; brightCyan=#6ae3fa; brightWhite=#ffffff; b
                              ackground=#132738; foreground=#ffffff}, @{name=SeaShells; black=#17384c; red=#d15123; green=#027c9b; yellow=#fca02f; blue=#1e4950; purple=#68d4f1; cyan=#50a3b5; white=#deb88d; brightBlack=#434b53;
                              brightRed=#d48678; brightGreen=#628d98; brightYellow=#fdd39f; brightBlue=#1bbcdd; brightPurple=#bbe3ee; brightCyan=#87acb4; brightWhite=#fee4ce; background=#09141b; foreground=#deb88d}…}
keybindings                 : {@{command=closeTab; keys=System.Object[]}, @{command=newTab; keys=System.Object[]}}

[jdhitsolutions]

I'm testing with a virgin test system and I'm getting the same errors you are. Digging.

[jdhitsolutions]

Not sure why Add-Member is misbehaving. But I'm modifying syntax that should solve this problem. Let me finish up v1.1.0 and I'll let you know when it is published.

[dprice]

Great - thanks!

[jdhitsolutions]

Update the module to 1.2.0 and this should solve the problem.

[dprice]

What's the best way? Update-Module WTToolBox? Install-Module WTToolBox -Scope CurrentUser -Force?

[jdhitsolutions]

If you've already installed it using Install-Module, then you can update it Update-Module WTToolbox.

[dprice]

Can win today... I tried and got this 🤦‍♂️
I definitely updated with Install-Module

❯ Update-Module WTToolBox
Update-Module: Module 'WTToolBox' was not installed by using Install-Module, so it cannot be updated.

[jdhitsolutions]

I can't recall if you are using Windows PowerShell or PowerShell 7. You need to run the update module in the same version of PowerShell where you installed it. It might be just as easy to uninstall it.

``powershell
Get-module WTToolbox -list | uninstall-module

[dprice]

That failed, of course, but I just a force install and it's working now.

[dprice]

Forgot to close the issue - thanks again!