title: PowerShell manifest referencing external assembly
body: <p>Is it possible to register a new PowerShell module just by defining a new module manifest and putting it in the specified directory?</p>
  
  <p>E.g. a a new module named <code>SampleModule</code> should be created. I put the empty manifest file <code>SampleModule.psd1</code> in the directory <code>&lt;%PSModulePath%&gt;\SampleModule</code>. (It doesn't matter which (user or global) module path is used).</p>
  
  <p>This is enough for PowerShell to list my new module with the <code>Get-Module -ListAvailable</code> command.</p>
  
  <p>In the next step I try to fill the manifest and set the <code>ModuleToProcess</code> property to an assembly, which is located in another directory. Calling <code>Import-Module</code> fails, PowerShell cannot find the assembly.</p>