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Question

System collection error pops up when I wanted to use the parameter
Please help

Answer 1

Either of these examples will work:

# without splatting
$getprocess = "notepad","onenote"
Get-Process -Name $getprocess

# using splatting
$getprocess = @{processname="notepad"}, @{processname="onenote"}
ForEach ($p in $getprocess){
    get-process @p
}

But unless you're going to provide more than one parameter inside each hash using splatting in this case is more work than it's worth. A simple list of process names is sufficient.

Here's an example of using splatting to provide a different set of parameters for each process:

$getprocess = @{processname="notepad";includeusername=$true}, @{processname="onenote";fileversioninfo=$true}
ForEach ($p in $getprocess){
    get-process @p
}

Answer 2

Where did you get the idea that the "-File" (i.e. "-FileVersionInfo), which is a "SwitchParameter", takes a value of anything except $true or $false?

Have you read the help for the Get-Process cmdlet? How about the -FileVersionInfo parameter of that cmdlet?

get-process

Answer 3

Well, first, if you're going to use splatting you use a "@" and not a "$". Confusing? Yeah, a bit, but that's how it works.

Second, it looks like there's a bug in the documentation.

Looking at the documentation you'd assume that "name" as the key in a hash would match the -Name parameter. However, it does not. But, the documentation does list "ProcessName" as an alias for "Name".

So, this works:

$getprocess = @{processname = "notepad"}  
Get-Process @getprocess