# Custom DSC resource not recognized **URL:** \ **Category:** DSC\ **Created:** [September 3, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/custom-dsc-resource-not-recognized/3055 "2014-09-03T22:03:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mayuri-naware](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@mayuri-naware](https://forums.powershell.org/u/mayuri-naware)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/custom-dsc-resource-not-recognized/3055/1 "2014-09-03T22:03:57Z")
Hi, I tried creating the custom resource by following the blog using XDscResourceDesigner [http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/19/resource-designer-tool-a-walkthrough-writing-a-dsc-resource.aspx](http://blogs.msdn.com/b/powershell/archive/2013/11/19/resource-designer-tool-a-walkthrough-writing-a-dsc-resource.aspx) I am able to import the module but when I run the Get-DscResource then I am getting follwing error :: CheckResourceFound : The term ‘AppPoolServiceAccount’ is not recognized as the name of a Resource. At C:\windows\system32\windowspowershell\v1.0\Modules\PSDesiredStateConfiguration\PSDesiredStateConfiguration.psm1:2264 char:13 - ``` CheckResourceFound $name $resources ``` - ``` ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``` - CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (🙂 [Write-Error], WriteErrorException - FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.WriteErrorException,CheckResourceFound I have also checked the folder structure it is as below: C:\Program Files\Windows Powershell\Modules | |(Folder) | ResourceName.psd1(File) |(Folder) | |(Folder) | .psm1 (file) .schema.mof (file) Any Help is appreciated 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/powershell/original/1X/385e4f9fe133561ad30a814262fe0e0ae6bc3ef0.png) [@system](https://forums.powershell.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 10:29pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/custom-dsc-resource-not-recognized/3055/2 "2014-09-03T22:29:24Z")
I think your original post might have contained angle brackets, which the forum software currently eats and tries to process as HTML. Here’s what the folder structure should look like: ``` C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\ModuleName \ModuleName.psd1 \DSCResources \ResourceModuleName \ResourceModuleName.psm1 \ResourceModuleName.schema.mof ``` ModuleName and ResourceModuleName can be anything you like, so long as they match up between the folders and files. The schema.mof file will typically assign a friendly name to your classes so people don’t have to remember something like PSHOrg\_cSmbShare. ---
**Author:** ![mayuri-naware](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@mayuri-naware](https://forums.powershell.org/u/mayuri-naware)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 10:42pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/custom-dsc-resource-not-recognized/3055/3 "2014-09-03T22:42:37Z")
Thanks for the reply , The folder structure is same as that you mentioned but path to the Modules folder is C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules and this path is included in the PSModulePath. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/powershell/original/1X/385e4f9fe133561ad30a814262fe0e0ae6bc3ef0.png) [@system](https://forums.powershell.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2014, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/custom-dsc-resource-not-recognized/3055/4 "2014-09-03T23:50:47Z")
Whoops, you’re right. I had “WindowsPowerShell” on the brain and wound up typing “Windows\PowerShell” 🙂 I’ll fix the previous post. ---
**Author:** ![donj](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/donj/32/137_2.png) [@donj](https://forums.powershell.org/u/donj)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 12:43am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/custom-dsc-resource-not-recognized/3055/5 "2014-09-04T00:43:13Z")
Also, check out the DSC Resource Kit modules - they exhibit the correct structure, and it might be easier to see it right on your own system. ---
**Author:** ![windows-liveuser78](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.powershell.org/windows-liveuser78/32/702_2.png) [@windows-liveuser78](https://forums.powershell.org/u/windows-liveuser78)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2014, 4:45am UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/custom-dsc-resource-not-recognized/3055/6 "2014-09-04T04:45:23Z")
I don’t know what your module name is, but it looks like your resource is named AppPoolServiceAccount. So your directory structure should look like this: ``` C:\Program Files + WindowsPowerShell + Modules + ModuleName * ModuleName.psm1 + DSCResources + AppPoolServiceAccount * AppPoolServiceAccount.psm1 * AppPoolServiceAccount.schema.mof ``` Have you imported your resource in your configuration block? ``` Import-DscResource -ModuleName 'ModuleName' -Name '*' # I've never been able to import specific resources with Import-DscResource ``` What is the name of your resource in its schema.mof file? If it isn’t the same as in the file system, it won’t load. I don’t remember if it is the same error you’re getting, though. ``` [ClassVersion("1.0.0.0"), FriendlyName("AppPoolServiceAccount")] class AppPoolServiceAccount: OMI_BaseResource { ; ``` ---
**Author:** ![dotnVo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4af34b/32.png) [@dotnVo](https://forums.powershell.org/u/dotnVo)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 9:18pm UTC](https://forums.powershell.org/t/custom-dsc-resource-not-recognized/3055/7 "2024-05-16T21:18:43Z")