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Asked: 2026-05-31T23:36:32+00:00

Is there a workaround to stop Update-FormatData complaining about a loaded file when the

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Is there a workaround to stop Update-FormatData complaining about a loaded file when the format file is already loaded in the session

I will answer my question here: as I can’t post an answer to my question for 8 hours.
I did enough Google but could’t find anything before posting the question then I thought there must be a Get- for the format data!!!

I think this should do it

$T = Get-FormatData | Where-object {$_.TypeName -eq "ffps.data"}
if ( $T -eq $null ){
    Write-Debug "Load $formatfile"
    Update-FormatData -PrependPath $formatfile    
}
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  1. Editorial Team

    I guess you mean this error:

    Update-FormatData : There were errors in loading the format data file:
    Microsoft.PowerShell, C:\test.Format.ps1xml : File skipped because it was already present from “Microsoft.PowerShell”.

    To suppress the error use the ErrorAction parameter:

    Update-FormatData -AppendPath C:\test.Format.ps1xml -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

    UPDATE

    There is a cmdlet to get the format data (v2), Get-FormatData:

    Get-FormatData -TypeName ffps.data
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