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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"format.ps1xml files referencing built-in assemblies fail to load","articleBody":"Steps to reproduce\r\n------------------\r\n\r\nThis is a self-contained reproduction case with an inline format.ps1xml.\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n@\"\r\n\u003c?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" ?\u003e \r\n\u003cConfiguration\u003e\r\n    \u003cSelectionSets\u003e \u003cSelectionSet\u003e \u003cName\u003eReproTypes\u003c/Name\u003e \u003cTypes\u003e \u003cTypeName\u003eReproType\u003c/TypeName\u003e \u003c/Types\u003e \u003c/SelectionSet\u003e \u003c/SelectionSets\u003e\r\n    \u003cControls\u003e\r\n        \u003cControl\u003e\r\n            \u003cName\u003eReproGroupingFormat\u003c/Name\u003e\r\n                \u003cCustomControl\u003e\r\n                    \u003cCustomEntries\u003e\r\n                        \u003cCustomEntry\u003e\r\n                            \u003cCustomItem\u003e\r\n                                \u003cFrame\u003e\r\n                                    \u003cLeftIndent\u003e4\u003c/LeftIndent\u003e\r\n                                    \u003cCustomItem\u003e\r\n                                        \u003cText AssemblyName=\"System.Management.Automation\" BaseName=\"FileSystemProviderStrings\" ResourceId=\"DirectoryDisplayGrouping\"/\u003e\r\n                                    \u003c/CustomItem\u003e \r\n                                \u003c/Frame\u003e\r\n                            \u003c/CustomItem\u003e\r\n                        \u003c/CustomEntry\u003e\r\n                    \u003c/CustomEntries\u003e\r\n            \u003c/CustomControl\u003e\r\n        \u003c/Control\u003e\r\n    \u003c/Controls\u003e\r\n    \r\n    \u003cViewDefinitions\u003e\r\n       \u003cView\u003e\r\n            \u003cName\u003ethings\u003c/Name\u003e\r\n            \u003cViewSelectedBy\u003e \u003cSelectionSetName\u003eReproTypes\u003c/SelectionSetName\u003e \u003c/ViewSelectedBy\u003e\r\n            \u003cGroupBy\u003e\r\n                \u003cPropertyName\u003eGroup\u003c/PropertyName\u003e \r\n                \u003cCustomControlName\u003eReproGroupingFormat\u003c/CustomControlName\u003e  \r\n            \u003c/GroupBy\u003e\r\n            \u003cTableControl\u003e\r\n                \u003cTableHeaders\u003e\r\n                   \u003cTableColumnHeader\u003e \u003cLabel\u003eWhatever\u003c/Label\u003e \u003c/TableColumnHeader\u003e\r\n                \u003c/TableHeaders\u003e\r\n                \u003cTableRowEntries\u003e\r\n                    \u003cTableRowEntry\u003e\r\n                        \u003cTableColumnItems\u003e\r\n                            \u003cTableColumnItem\u003e \u003cPropertyName\u003eA\u003c/PropertyName\u003e \u003c/TableColumnItem\u003e\r\n                        \u003c/TableColumnItems\u003e\r\n                    \u003c/TableRowEntry\u003e\r\n                \u003c/TableRowEntries\u003e\r\n            \u003c/TableControl\u003e\r\n        \u003c/View\u003e\r\n    \u003c/ViewDefinitions\u003e\r\n\u003c/Configuration\u003e\r\n\"@ | Set-Content $Env:TEMP\\repro.format.ps1xml\r\n\r\nClass ReproType { [string]$Group; [string]$A; }\r\n$v=([ReproType]@{Group=\"GroupOne\"; A=\"1\";}, [ReproType]@{Group=\"GroupOne\"; A=\"2\";}, [ReproType]@{Group=\"GroupTwo\"; A=\"1\";})\r\nUpdate-FormatData $Env:TEMP\\repro.format.ps1xml\r\n\r\n$v | Format-Table\r\n```\r\n\r\nExpected behavior\r\n-----------------\r\n\r\nThe string `Directory:` would be loaded from assembly `System.Management.Automation` resource `FileSystemProviderStrings.DirectoryDisplayGrouping`\r\n\r\n```none\r\nDirectory:\r\n\r\nWhatever\r\n--------\r\n1\r\n2\r\n\r\n\r\nDirectory:\r\n\r\nWhatever\r\n--------\r\n1\r\n```\r\n\r\nActual behavior\r\n---------------\r\n\r\n`Update-FormatData` fails.\r\n\r\n```none\r\nin file C:\\Users\\duhowett\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\repro.format.ps1xml: The resource FileSystemProviderStrings in assembly C:\\System.Management.Automation is not found.\r\nAt line:1 char:1\r\n+ Update-FormatData $Env:TEMP\\repro.format.ps1xml\r\n+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Update-FormatData], RuntimeException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FormatXmlUpdateException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.UpdateFormatDataCommand\r\n```\r\n\r\nThe string `C:\\System.Management.Automation` is very suspect.\r\nThe assembly is almost certainly loaded, as it provides many of the cmdlets in use here.\r\n\r\n*NOTE*: On Linux, the missing assembly name is `/System.Management.Automation`\r\n\r\nEnvironment data\r\n----------------\r\n\r\n### Working\r\n\r\n```\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      5.1.16245.1000\r\nPSEdition                      Desktop\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}\r\nBuildVersion                   10.0.16245.1000\r\nCLRVersion                     4.0.30319.42000\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\n```\r\n\r\n(This also works on the version of PowerShell shipped inbox with `rs2_release`.)\r\n\r\n### Failing\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      6.0.0-beta\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.4\r\nOS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.16245\r\nPlatform                       Win32NT\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\n```\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      6.0.0-beta\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.3\r\nOS                             Linux 4.9.31-moby #1 SMP Sat Jun 24 06:29:23 UTC 2017\r\nPlatform                       Unix\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/DHowett-MSFT","@type":"Person","name":"DHowett-MSFT"},"datePublished":"2017-07-14T18:57:57.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":3},"url":"https://github.com/4256/PowerShell/issues/4256"}