Can't get databases or its objects with powershell I have Powershell installed both in my server and development pc. In my dev machine apparently have a most recent version of PowerShell installed or some its components of SQL Server 'sqlps'. My current problem is that I can't list databases as I do in my dev machine like this:

PS SQLSERVER:\&gt; ls SQLSERVER:\\SQL\server\instance\Databases\


And I get the following:

Get-ChildItem : No se encuentra la ruta de acceso 'SQLSERVER:\SQL\serverr2\serverr2\Databases' porque no existe.
En línea: 1 Carácter: 4
+ dir &lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;  SQLSERVER:\SQL\server\instance\Databases
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (SQLSERVER:\SQL\server\instance\Databases:String) [Get-ChildItem], ItemNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand


Obviously I have no way to get Child-Items like the Stored Procedures, Views, etc.

However, I'm able to list the installed instances, and also workaround this issue by listing databases with this:

DIR SQLSERVER:\\SQL\serverr2 | SELECT Databases -ExpandProperty Databases | SELECT Name,Owner,Urn


But still need to get another objects like stored procedures, views, functions,etc.

This is the info provided by the Get-Host cmdlet

Name             : ConsoleHost
Version          : 2.0
InstanceId       : c1976472-19c0-439e-a4f6-debe59a18616
UI               : System.Management.Automation.Internal.Host.InternalHostUserInterface
CurrentCulture   : es-MX
CurrentUICulture : es-ES
PrivateData      : Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost+ConsoleColorProxy
IsRunspacePushed : False
Runspace         : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.LocalRunspace


and the @@version of SQL Server is Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (SP1) - 10.0.2531.0 (X64)

Edit: According to $PSVersionTable.PSVersion in my server I have installed PowerShell 2.0. Also I found that I'm unable to Import-Module sqlps but for some reason I'm capable to dir as I already described (with the current problems obviously).
I found the answer in serverfault:

https://serverfault.com/questions/355014/sql-server-powershell-cannot-find-path-error

I have to run a script to properly load the Snapins in PowerShell:

#
# Add the SQL Server provider.
#

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"

$sqlpsreg="HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\ShellIds\Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.PowerShell.sqlps"

if (Get-ChildItem $sqlpsreg -ErrorAction "SilentlyContinue")
{
    throw "SQL Server Provider is not installed."
}
else
{
    $item = Get-ItemProperty $sqlpsreg
    $sqlpsPath = [System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($item.Path)
}


#
# Set mandatory variables for the SQL Server rovider
#
Set-Variable -scope Global -name SqlServerMaximumChildItems -Value 0
Set-Variable -scope Global -name SqlServerConnectionTimeout -Value 30
Set-Variable -scope Global -name SqlServerIncludeSystemObjects -Value $false
Set-Variable -scope Global -name SqlServerMaximumTabCompletion -Value 1000

#
# Load the snapins, type data, format data
#
Push-Location
cd $sqlpsPath
Add-PSSnapin SqlServerCmdletSnapin100
Add-PSSnapin SqlServerProviderSnapin100
Update-TypeData -PrependPath SQLProvider.Types.ps1xml 
update-FormatData -prependpath SQLProvider.Format.ps1xml 
Pop-Location


Once loaded I can list every object in that database instance