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Error Action Preference in PowerShell

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This may help to troubleshoot the PowerShell Script errors:
Command: $ErrorActionPreference = "Silently Continue"

Error Message:

Cannot convert value "Silently Continue" to type "System.Management.Automation.ActionPreference". Error: "Unable to match the identifier name Silently Continue to a valid enumerator name.  Specify one of the following enumerator names and try again: SilentlyContinue, Stop, Continue, Inquire, Ignore, Suspend"
At line:1 char:1

  • $ErrorActionPreference = "Silently Continue"

    + CategoryInfo          : MetadataError: (:) [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : RuntimeException

Cause:
Silently Continue should be SilentlyContinue

Notice the white space character between Silently and Continue.

At times this helps solve when we missed tracing the type in large scripts:
$ErrorActionPreference = 0
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Details:

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$ErrorActionPreference = 0 #is SilentlyContinue
$ErrorActionPreference = 1 #is Stop
$ErrorActionPreference = 2 #is Continue
$ErrorActionPreference = 3 #is Inquire
$ErrorActionPreference = 4 #is Ignore

This gave a clue. Issue Resolved.

Best Practice: $ErrorActionPreference = 2 is Continue
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