[sharepoint] Powershell Error "The term 'Get-SPWeb' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function..."

I just typed the follow to try and get my SharePoint site:

$spWeb = Get-SPWeb -Identity "http://nycs00058260/sites/usitp"

It gave me the following error

The term 'Get-SPWeb' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script...

The url is correct so why am I getting this error?

This question is related to sharepoint powershell powershell-2.0

The answer is


Run this script from SharePoint 2010 Management Shell as Administrator.


Instead of Windows PowerShell, find the item in the Start Menu called SharePoint 2013 Management Shell:

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