ErrorCategory Enum

Definition

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

public enum class ErrorCategory
public enum ErrorCategory
type ErrorCategory = 
Public Enum ErrorCategory
Inheritance
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.

The Engine uses this ErrorCategory when it executes a native console applications and captures the errors reported by the native application. Avoid using ErrorCategory.FromStdErr in other circumstances.

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.

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

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.

Applies to