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Error while running Powershell script

Aravind Kumar

10y7.5k

New-Object : Cannot find type [Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext]: make sure the assembly containing this type is loaded.

+ $ctx = New-Object Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.ClientContext($siteURL)

+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

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Ramesh Palaniappan10y ago
Accepted answer
Please add this two lines before running script
Add-Type –Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.dll"
Add-Type –Path "C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\Web Server Extensions\15\ISAPI\Microsoft.SharePoint.Client.Runtime.dll"