ErrorCategory Enum

Definition

Namespace:

System.Management.Automation

Assembly:

System.Management.Automation.dll

Package:

System.Management.Automation v7.3.5

Errors reported by PowerShell will be in one of these categories.

public enum class ErrorCategory

public enum ErrorCategory

type ErrorCategory = 

Public Enum ErrorCategory

Inheritance

Enum

ErrorCategory

Fields

AuthenticationError	28	Could not authenticate the user to the service. Could mean that the credentials are invalid or the authentication system is not functioning properly.
CloseError	2
ConnectionError	27	The operation depends on a network connection that cannot be established or maintained.
DeadlockDetected	4
DeviceError	3
FromStdErr	24	A native command reported an error to its STDERR pipe.
InvalidArgument	5
InvalidData	6
InvalidOperation	7
InvalidResult	8
InvalidType	9
LimitsExceeded	29	Internal limits prevent the operation from being executed.
MetadataError	10
NotEnabled	31	The operation attempted to use functionality that is currently disabled.
NotImplemented	11
NotInstalled	12
NotSpecified	0	No error category is specified, or the error category is invalid.
ObjectNotFound	13	Object can not be found (file, directory, computer, system resource, etc.)
OpenError	1
OperationStopped	14
OperationTimeout	15
ParserError	17
PermissionDenied	18	Operation not permitted.
ProtocolError	26	The contract of a protocol is not being followed. Should not happen with well-behaved components.
QuotaExceeded	30	Controls on the use of traffic or resources prevent the operation from being executed.
ReadError	22
ResourceBusy	19
ResourceExists	20
ResourceUnavailable	21
SecurityError	25	Used for security exceptions.
SyntaxError	16
WriteError	23

Remarks

Do not specify ErrorCategory.NotSpecified when creating an ErrorRecord. Choose the best match from among the other values.