SharePoint Foundation 2010 | Add-PSSnapin : The Windows PowerShell snap-in 'Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell' is not installed on this computer.

Question

On entering the SharePoint Shell Manangement 2010,we 're unable to resolve the error "Add-PSSnapin : The Windows PowerShell snap-in
'Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell' is not installed on this computer. " as well as we're facing some issues in SharePoint Central Admin url ,well we have attached  the document below.

Windows PowerShell : 

Add-PSSnapin : The Windows PowerShell snap-in
'Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell' is not installed on this computer.
At C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1:5 char:1
+ Add-PSSnapin "Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShel
   l:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Ad
   dPSSnapinCommand

Add-PsSnapin : The Windows PowerShell snap-in
'Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell' is not installed on this computer.
At C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web Server
Extensions\15\CONFIG\POWERSHELL\Registration\SharePoint.ps1:3 char:1
+ Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShel
   l:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Ad
   dPSSnapinCommand

PS C:\Users\Administrator> New-SPConfigurationDatabase
New-SPConfigurationDatabase : The term 'New-SPConfigurationDatabase' is not
recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify
that the path is correct and try again.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-SPConfigurationDatabase
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (New-SPConfigurationDatabase:Str
   ing) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

PS C:\Users\Administrator>

SharePoint Foundation 2010 Central admin url logs:(Filter by - show only errors)

06/17/2020 13:28:16.93 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x091C) 0x0944 SharePoint Foundation General ahjnc Unexpected SPReaderWriterLock named [SPInitializeOnceLock] held for 359 milliseconds. Call stack:    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPReaderWriterLock.SPReaderWriterLockScope.Dispose()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.get_Local()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.FindLocal(SPFarm& farm, Boolean& isJoined)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.get_Local()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServer.get_Local()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector.GetLocalWebApplications()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector..ctor()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector..cctor()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPTimerStore.InitializeTimer(Int64& cacheVersion, Object& jobDefinitions, Int32& timerMode, Guid& serverId, Boolean& isServerBusy)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPNativeConfigurationProvider.InitializeTimer(Int64& cacheVersion, Object& jobDefinitions, Int32& timerMode, Guid& serverId, Boolean& isServerBusy) 
06/17/2020 13:28:18.48 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x091C) 0x0944 SharePoint Foundation General ahjnc Unexpected SPReaderWriterLock named [Process Context Lock] held for 390 milliseconds. Call stack:    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPReaderWriterLock.SPReaderWriterLockScope.Dispose()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPProcessContext.Get[T]()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.get_Farm()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.FindLocal(SPFarm& farm, Boolean& isJoined)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.get_Local()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServer.get_Local()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector.GetLocalWebApplications()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector..ctor()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector..cctor()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPTimerStore.InitializeTimer(Int64& cacheVersion, Object& jobDefinitions, Int32& timerMode, Guid& serverId, Boolean& isServerBusy)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPNativeConfigurationProvider.InitializeTimer(Int64& cacheVersion, Object& jobDefinitions, Int32& timerMode, Guid& serverId, Boolean& isServerBusy) 
06/17/2020 13:28:18.48 OWSTIMER.EXE (0x091C) 0x0944 SharePoint Foundation General ahjnc Unexpected SPReaderWriterLock named [Process Context Lock] held for 390 milliseconds. Call stack:    at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPReaderWriterLock.SPReaderWriterLockScope.Dispose()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.SPProcessContext.Get[T]()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPConfigurationDatabase.get_Farm()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.FindLocal(SPFarm& farm, Boolean& isJoined)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPFarm.get_Local()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPServer.get_Local()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector.GetLocalWebApplications()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector..ctor()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Utilities.SPServerPerformanceInspector..cctor()     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPTimerStore.InitializeTimer(Int64& cacheVersion, Object& jobDefinitions, Int32& timerMode, Guid& serverId, Boolean& isServerBusy)     at Microsoft.SharePoint.Administration.SPNativeConfigurationProvider.InitializeTimer(Int64& cacheVersion, Object& jobDefinitions, Int32& timerMode, Guid& serverId, Boolean& isServerBusy) 
06/17/2020 13:37:40.31 w3wp.exe (0x1390) 0x16EC SharePoint Foundation Runtime tkau Unexpected System.Web.HttpException: Request timed out. b5625d9f-c966-201b-0000-0b14581b795b
06/17/2020 13:38:57.28 w3wp.exe (0x1390) 0x16EC SharePoint Foundation DistributedCache ah24q Unexpected SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper::InitializeDataCacheFactory - No cache hosts are present in the farm. b5625d9f-c966-201b-0000-0b14581b795b
06/17/2020 13:38:57.29 w3wp.exe (0x1390) 0x16EC SharePoint Foundation DistributedCache ah24w Unexpected Unexpected Exception in SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper::InitializeDataCacheFactory for usage 'DistributedViewStateCache' - Exception 'System.InvalidOperationException: SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper::InitializeDataCacheFactory - No cache hosts present in the farm.     at Microsoft.SharePoint.DistributedCaching.SPDistributedCachePointerWrapper.InitializeDataCacheFactory()'. b5625d9f-c966-201b-0000-0b14581b795b

Answer 1

You don't have to run "Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell" on SharePoint Management Shell 2010 it's already have these snapins installed, just run the commands you need by excluding this command, you only have to run this command on default windows Powershell / ISE. if you get this error on windows powershell/ISE make sure you open X64-Bit.

Thanks & Regards,

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sharath aluri

Answer 2

also please keep in mind that you may run Sharepoint Management Shell (or add Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell) only on those servers which are part of your Sharepoint farm - WFE or app servers. I.e. those servers which have Sharepoint instance installed on them.

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

@Sharath After trying another approach,I'm still facing the same error;could you please assist me to resolve the issue?

PS C:\Windows\System32> Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
Add-PsSnapin : The Windows PowerShell snap-in 'Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell' is not installed on this computer.
At line:1 char:1
+ Add-PsSnapin Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (Microsoft.SharePoint.PowerShell:String) [Add-PSSnapin], PSArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AddPSSnapInRead,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddPSSnapinCommand

Regards,

Colleen 

Answer 5

what do you mean another approach ? trying it in windows powershell ? Make sure your SharePoint Server is Connected to SharePoint Farm. Open Central Admin check your Manage Servers in Farm.

Thanks & Regards,

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sharath aluri