System.Management.Automation.PSArgumentException

Question

I have a problem running a PowerShell Script from my C# Code. The script contains functions from the PowerShell Snapin VMWare.View.Broker . I do that in the following way:

PSSnapInException psEx;
RunspaceConfiguration runConfig = RunspaceConfiguration.Create();
runConfig.AddPSSnapIn("VMWare.View.Broker", out psEx);
using (Runspace runspace = RunspaceFactory.CreateRunspace(runConfig))
{
    runspace.Open();
    using (Pipeline pipeline = runspace.CreatePipeline())
    {
        string scriptContent = ReadScriptFromFile(scriptPath);
        if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(scriptContent))
        {
            pipeline.Commands.AddScript(scriptContent);
            var results = pipeline.Invoke();
            runspace.Close();
            foreach (var result in results)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(result);
                if(!String.IsNullOrEmpty(result.ToString()))
                    scriptResult += result+"_";
            }
        }
    }
}

When I run my programm with the platform target x64 it works fine. But when I try to execute my programm with x86 I'm getting the following Exception (I need to run the programm with x86 due to other dependencies):

System.Management.Automation.PSArgumentException: The Windows PowerShell snap-in
 'VMWare.View.Broker' is not installed on this machine.

 at System.Management.Automation.PSSnapInReader.ReadOne(RegistryKey mshSnapInRoot, String mshsnapinId)

Answer 1

The Vmware snapin is 64 bit and not 32 bits. The answer is in the error message. You can try to find a 32 bits Vmware snapin and install it.