Powershell 7 not installing modules into correct module path?

[mcdonamw]

I just noticed that when I install modules using Powershell 7, they are going into the C:\Program Files\Powershell\Modules path, not C:\Program Files\Powershell\7\Modules. Is this expected? I thought 7 installed into the path with 7 in the name?

If expected, what's the difference between those two paths?

[rhubarb-geek-nz]

If you look at PSModulePath, that might help

PS> $env:PSModulePath
D:\OneDrive\Documents\PowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\PowerShell\Modules;c:\program files\powershell\7\Modules;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules

path	comment
D:\OneDrive\Documents\PowerShell\Modules	powershell core modules installed in user scope
C:\Program Files\PowerShell\Modules	powershell core modules installled system wide
c:\program files\powershell\7\Modules	prepackaged modules that came in the original PowerShell core MSI installation
C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules	Windows PowerShell modules, for PowerShell 5.1
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules	prepackaged modules that come with Windows PowerShell 5.1

If you run PowerShell 5.1 you get

PS> $env:PSModulePath
D:\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules

path	comment
D:\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules	user scope modules for Windows PowerShell 5.1
C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules	system scope installed modules for Windows PowerShell 5.1
C:\WINDOWS\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Modules	prepackaged Windows PowerShell modules 5.1

[kilasuit]

Yes this is as expected as explained above by @rhubarb-geek-nz