PackageManagement Module Update Problem

Issue Description

When I start Powershell Extension, VSCode warns me about a conflict with the current version of PackageManagement module and recommend me to update it. When I run command :

powershell.exe -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command 'Install-Module -Name PackageManagement -Force -MinimumVersion 1.4.6 -Scope CurrentUser -AllowClobber

It gives error :

WARNING: Unable to resolve package source 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2/'.
PackageManagement\Install-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and module name 'PackageManagement'. Try Get-PSRepository to see all available
 registered module repositories.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerShellGet\1.0.0.1\PSModule.psm1:1772 char:21
+ ...          $null = PackageManagement\Install-Package @PSBoundParameters
+                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Microsoft.Power....InstallPackage:InstallPackage) [Install-Package], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchFoundForCriteria,Microsoft.PowerShell.PackageManagement.Cmdlets.InstallPackage

When I try to run the same command from my OS’s powershell console, it works as expected.

I use TLS1.2 as security protocol.

Kind regards

Environment Information

Visual Studio Code

Name	Version
Operating System	Windows_NT x64 6.3.9600
VSCode	1.46.0
PowerShell Extension Version	2020.6.0

PowerShell Information

Name	Value
PSVersion	5.1.14409.1018
PSEdition	Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions	1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 5.1.14409.1018
BuildVersion	10.0.14409.1018
CLRVersion	4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion	3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion	2.3
SerializationVersion	1.1.0.1

Visual Studio Code Extensions

Visual Studio Code Extensions(Click to Expand)

Extension	Author	Version
code-spell-checker	streetsidesoftware	1.9.0
csharp	ms-dotnettools	1.22.0
csharp2ts	rafaelsalguero	0.0.24
debugger-for-chrome	msjsdiag	4.12.8
githistory	donjayamanne	0.6.5
mssql	ms-mssql	1.9.0
powershell	ms-vscode	2020.6.0
react-native-snippet	jundat95	0.5.6
vscode-docker	ms-azuretools	1.2.1
vscode-eslint	dbaeumer	2.1.5
vscode-react-native	msjsdiag	0.16.0
vscode-typescript-tslint-plugin	ms-vscode	1.2.3
xml	DotJoshJohnson	2.5.0

[MSIH]

the powershell command to install the update should include the command to use TLS1.2

powershell.exe -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command '[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol=[Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Install-Module -Name PackageManagement -Force -MinimumVersion 1.4.6 -Scope CurrentUser -AllowClobber

[nilsvbconxion]

Had a similar issue: updated to the new 2020.6 which caused a bunch of problems:

• notification saying my packagement module was outdated and might cause problems, select yes to update => installed successfully, but couldn’t run any PowerShell
• Everytime I restarted VSC it said the same, please update PackageManagement, PowerShell crashed.
• Installed the dotnet version of PowerShell > terminal didn’t even start no more?? Exit code 1, An error message popped-up saying something of “> is resorved for later use” => crash
• Tried several things, including reinstalling the PowerShell extension plugin, installing the 2020.6.1 preview (and disabling the stable 2020.6.0 one), reinstalled VSC, … Nothing seemed to work, and I couldn’t even get the menu to switch to another PowerShell version (“PowerShell takes longer to start than usual”). Went to the settings.json to change the directory to the dotnet core powershell, but didn’t work.

Eventually what saved me (at least for the moment it seems) was executing the command @MSIH wrote, but with 1 exception: changed -Scope CurrentUser to Allusers=> powershell.exe -NoLogo -NoProfile -Command '[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol=[Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; Install-Module -Name PackageManagement -Force -MinimumVersion 1.4.6 -Scope AllUsers -AllowClobber -Verbose'

No more anoying popup about the Packagemanger. Also I could get back into the settings.json and added the following line: "powershell.powerShellDefaultVersion": "Windows PowerShell (x64)"

Finally I can work again 😃