How to check if PowerShell snap-in is already loaded before calling Add-PSSnapin

Question

I have a group of PowerShell scripts that sometimes get run together, sometimes one at a time. Each of the scripts requires that a certain snap-in be loaded.

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Answer 1

You should be able to do it with something like this, where you query for the Snapin but tell PowerShell not to error out if it cannot find it:

if ( (Get-PSSnapin -Name MySnapin -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) -eq $null )
{
    Add-PsSnapin MySnapin
}