Azure PowerShell task (4.159.2) fails if c:\modules is not present

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Type: Bug

Enter Task Name: Azure PowerShell@4 (version 4.159.2)

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https://github.com/Microsoft/azure-pipelines-tasks/tree/master/Tasks

Environment

• Server - Azure Pipelines or TFS on-premises?

  • If using TFS on-premises, provide the version:

  • If using Azure Pipelines, provide the account name, team project name, build definition name/build number: Account name: grd-wdx Project name: Projects-Cloud Release definition: RASW playground

• Agent - Hosted or Private: Private

Agent version: 2.140.0 OS: Windows

Issue Description

During initialization of the Azure PowerShell task it fails with “Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path ‘C:\Modules’ because it does not exist.”

Workaround

Creating an empty c:\modules folder can be used as a workaround.

Task logs

2019-10-23T08:50:04.5259654Z ##[debug]STDERR: Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'C:\Modules' because it does not exist.
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5291853Z ##[debug]STDERR: At E:\VSTS\_work\_tasks\AzurePowerShell_72a1931b-effb-4d2e-8fd8-f8472a07cb62\4.159.2\Utility.ps1:66 char:26
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5318756Z ##[debug]
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5355020Z ##[debug]STDERR: + ... leFolders = Get-ChildItem -Directory -Path $($env:SystemDrive + "\Mod ...
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5375666Z ##[debug]
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5407368Z ##[debug]STDERR: +                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5427784Z ##[debug]
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5460032Z ##[debug]STDERR:     + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Modules:String) [Get-ChildItem], ItemNotFoundException
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5478706Z ##[debug]
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5511742Z ##[debug]STDERR:     + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5533434Z ##[debug]
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5565113Z ##[debug]STDERR:  
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5583167Z ##[debug]
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5930268Z ##[error]Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'C:\Modules' because it does not exist.
At E:\VSTS\_work\_tasks\AzurePowerShell_72a1931b-effb-4d2e-8fd8-f8472a07cb62\4.159.2\Utility.ps1:66 char:26

+ ... leFolders = Get-ChildItem -Directory -Path $($env:SystemDrive + "\Mod ...

+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Modules:String) [Get-ChildItem], ItemNotFoundException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand
2019-10-23T08:50:04.5940533Z ##[debug]Processed: ##vso[task.logissue type=error]Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'C:\Modules' because it does not exist.%0D%0AAt E:\VSTS\_work\_tasks\AzurePowerShell_72a1931b-effb-4d2e-8fd8-f8472a07cb62\4.159.2\Utility.ps1:66 char:26%0D%0A%0D%0A+ ... leFolders = Get-ChildItem -Directory -Path $($env:SystemDrive + "\Mod ...%0D%0A%0D%0A+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~%0D%0A%0D%0A    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Modules:String) [Get-ChildItem%5D, ItemNotFoundException%0D%0A%0D%0A    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand

[niadak]

We have fixed this issue. Can you try and let us know if you are still facing the issue?

[brwilkinson]

Thanks @niadak all good now, much appreciated.