New-LocalUser doesn't work in Power 7.3+ without importing Microsoft.Powershell.LocalAccounts

[NekoJonez]

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Steps to reproduce

try {
        $Secure_String_Pwd = ConvertTo-SecureString "GeheimWachtwoord" -AsPlainText -Force
        New-LocalUser -Name "Eigenaar" -Password $Secure_String_Pwd -FullName "Eigenaar" -Description "Lokale admingebruiker" -AccountNeverExpires | Out-Null

        try {
          Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "Eigenaar"
        }
        catch {
          Write-Host "Er was een fout met het toevoegen van de 'Eigenaar' gebruikersaccount als beheerder. Stuur deze fout naar de ICT dienst als deze fout blijft aanhouden: $($_.Exception.Message)"
        }

        Write-Host "De eigenaar account is aangemaakt met wachtwoord: $($Global:Pwd_Shown). De gebruikernaam is .\Eigenaar."
      }
      catch {
        Write-Host "Er was een fout met het aanmaken van de 'Eigenaar' gebruikersaccount. Stuur deze fout naar de ICT dienst als deze fout blijft aanhouden: $($_.Exception.Message)"
      }

The above script fails to create the user account in PowerShell 7+, it works fine in PowerShell 5.3...

If I set this underneath the first try statement:

    if ($PSVersionTable.PSVersion.Major -ge 7) {
      # Deze module zo inladen. Niet via "ModuleIfNeeded", want anders werkt het niet in Powershell 7.
      Import-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts -UseWindowsPowerShell -SkipEditionCheck | Out-Null
    }

It works perfectly. So, I think something is going wrong.

Expected behavior

The user account is created.

Actual behavior

The useraccount isn't created.

Error details

Could not load type 'Microsoft.PowerShell.Telemetry.Internal.TelemetryAPI' from assembly 'System.Management.Automation, Version=7.4.2.500, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=*****'.

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.4.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.4.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.22631
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visuals

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[theJasonHelmick]

Thank you @NekoJonez for reporting this issue. In my testing, the module Microsoft.PowerShell.LocalAccounts did properly autoload by calling the cmdlets directly, however when in the above script, it fails as described. 7.4.2, Win 11. There may be a missing module dependency Microsoft.PowerShell.Telemetry.Internal.TelemetryAPI. Will forward to the working group for review and investigation if needed.