Connect-PnPOnline : The 'Connect-PnPOnline' command was found in the module 'SharePointPnPPowerShell2013', but the module could not be loaded.

Question

I have installed PnP Powershell and I tried to run Connect-PnPOnline, but I got the following error:

Connect-PnPOnline : The 'Connect-PnPOnline' command was found in the module 'SharePointPnPPowerShell2013', but the module could not be loaded. For more information, run 'Import-Module SharePointPnPPowerShell2013'.
At line:1 char:1
+ Connect-PnPOnline -Url "https://test.rod.com/sites/Projects"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Connect-PnPOnline:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CouldNotAutoloadMatchingModule

So, I run "Import-Module SharePointPnPPowerShell2013" as the error suggests, then I get another error:

Import-Module : The specified module 'SharePointPnPPowerShell2013' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.
At line:1 char:1
+ Import-Module SharePointPnPPowerShell2013
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ResourceUnavailable: (SharePointPnPPowerShell2013:String) [Import-Module], FileNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Modules_ModuleNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportModuleCommand

I followed the instructions as stated in github repo, but still did not help.

Answer 1

Have a look at this github post. It worked for him.

He installed the SharePoint 2013 Client SDK and apparently it worked.