All commands returns 'the module could not be loaded' in PoSH 5.1

[dennisl68-castra]

PS C:\> $PSVersionTable.PSVersion                                                         
Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
5      1      18362  752

PS C:\> Get-CimInstance Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object Caption, Version, ServicePackMajorVersion, OSArchitecture, WindowsDirectory                                                                         

Caption                 : Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise
Version                 : 10.0.18363
ServicePackMajorVersion : 0
OSArchitecture          : 64-bit
WindowsDirectory        : C:\Windows

PS C:\> Get-Module -Name PowerGit -ListAvailable                                          

    Directory: C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules

ModuleType Version    Name                                ExportedCommands
---------- -------    ----                                ----------------
Script     0.7.1      PowerGit                            {Add-GitItem, Add-GitRemote, Clear-GitRepositoryCache, Com...

After installing the module, any command used returns an error.

Get-GitStatus
Get-GitStatus : The 'Get-GitStatus' command was found in the module 'PowerGit', but the module could not be loaded.
For more information, run 'Import-Module PowerGit'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-GitStatus
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-GitStatus:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotAutoloadMatchingModule

The suggested action results in

Import-Module PowerGit                                                            
You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerGit\0.7.1\PowerGit.psm1:19 char:9
+         $arch = [RuntimeInformation]::OSArchitecture.ToString().ToLow ...
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Copy-Item : Cannot find path
'C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerGit\0.7.1\Assemblies\win-\native' because it does not exist.
At C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerGit\0.7.1\PowerGit.psm1:40 char:5
+     Copy-Item "$PSScriptRoot/Assemblies/$runtime/native/*.*" "$PSScri ...
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\XXXXX...ies\win-\native:String) [Copy-Item], ItemNotFoundExce
   ption
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand

Import-Module : The module to process 'PowerGit.psm1', listed in field 'ModuleToProcess/RootModule' of module manifest
'C:\Users\XXXXX\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PowerGit\0.7.1\PowerGit.psd1' was not processed because no valid
module was found in any module directory.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module PowerGit
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (PowerGit:String) [Import-Module], PSInvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleFileNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

[felixfbecker]

Hey @dennisl68-castra, sorry for the trouble. The module only works on PowerShell 6 and higher (I should make this more clear). Are you blocked from upgrading?

[dennisl68-castra]

Hi @felixfbecker,

Yes, I'm stuck with a corporate PC at a client site and can't upgrade it.