$ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' not working

Question

_{Saturday, November 19, 2016 9:54 PM}

Hi

I was looking to keep my script cleaner and wanted to disable error output

I looked about and seen   $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'     I tried this on the top of the script and it worked great.

Now for some reason all the errors are being splattered all over the screen.    Ive checked that my script does not contain any other  $ErrorActionPreference   references

Ive restarted powershell and reloaded the script. 

The only change I had made recently was to run the command     clear-variable *

This was to remove all stored variables  but I dont think that would affect read only variables such as   $ErrorActionPreference  etc.

I looked about but cant see why the   $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'     worked before and does not now ?

Its not remarked out

Thanks

confuseis

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_{Saturday, November 19, 2016 9:59 PM}

Doh

I found why this is so

I had a        remove-variable   *      command   in the script that appeared after the    $ErrorActionPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'    command

The remove-variable command deleted the $ErrorActionPreference   contents

confuseis

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_{Monday, November 21, 2016 6:40 AM}

Hi,

>>I found why this is so The remove-variable command deleted the $ErrorActionPreference   contents

Thanks for sharing the info and glad to hear that you found it.

You could also use -verbose parameter or debugging skills to find out the errors on your script.

Here are some useful links for this:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/core-powershell/ise/how-to-debug-scripts-in-windows-powershell-ise

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/heyscriptingguy/2011/11/22/use-the-powershell-debugger-to-troubleshoot-scripts/

Best regards,

Andy

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