Access denied while running powershell script

Question

I am running powershell ISE as admin but still I am getting access denied error not sure why? Please help and PFA

Answer 1

Ummmm . . . why are you trying to use Get-Content on a directory????

The help text for Get-Content is pretty explicit about this.

-Path
Specifies the path to an item where Get-Content gets the content. Wildcard characters are permitted. The paths must be paths to items, not to containers. For example, you must specify a path to one or more files, not a path to a directory.

Answer 2

You are using the wrong cmdlet. Try this.

$FilesInFolder = Get-ChildItem -Path $FolderPath -File     # Get all files in the folder 

Answer 3

Hi @sns

Judging from your screenshot, you are using the incorrect cmdlet. Get-Content -Path is only valid to retrieve files, but not containers.For this action you sould use Get-ChildItem -Path cmdlet

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.management/get-childitem?view=powershell-7.2

The Get-ChildItem cmdlet gets the items in one or more specified locations. If the item is a container, it gets the items inside the container, known as child items. You can use the Recurse parameter to get items in all child containers and use the Depth parameter to limit the number of levels to recurse.

Hope this helps with your query,

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