Test-Path in Powershell ScriptsSolved

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7 months ago

I’ve come to realize that any script with Test-Path in any Powershell Script causes an “Access Denied” error when pushed through Hexnode. The script works exceedingly well when I run it locally as an administrator. But when I run it with Hexnode it consistently gives me an Access Denied error. I’m not 100% sure how pushing scripts work, I assume that the Hexnode-RMM profile is the administrative profile that Hexnode uses to run the scripts and it just isn’t making much sense.

Here’s the script I’m using:

# Specify the root path where you want to create the folders
$rootPath = “G:\My Drive”

# List of folder names to create
$folderNames = @(“Desktop”, “Downloads”, “Documents”, “Videos”, “Pictures”)

foreach ($folderName in $folderNames) {
# Concatenate the root path and folder name
$newFolderPath = Join-Path -Path $rootPath -ChildPath $folderName

# Check if the folder already exists
if (-not (Test-Path $newFolderPath)) {
# Create the folder if it doesn’t exist
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
Write-Host “Folder ‘$folderName’ created successfully at $newFolderPath”
} else {
Write-Host “Folder ‘$folderName’ already exists at $newFolderPath”
}
}

# Creates function called (or cmdlet called Set-KnownFolderPath which defines GUIDs

<#
.SYNOPSIS
Sets a known folder’s path using SHSetKnownFolderPath.
.PARAMETER Folder
The known folder whose path to set.
.PARAMETER Path
The path.
#>
function Set-KnownFolderPath {
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[ValidateSet(
‘3DObjects’,
‘AddNewPrograms’,
‘AdminTools’,
‘AppUpdates’,
‘CDBurning’,
‘ChangeRemovePrograms’,
‘CommonAdminTools’,
‘CommonOEMLinks’,
‘CommonPrograms’,
‘CommonStartMenu’,
‘CommonStartup’,
‘CommonTemplates’,
‘ComputerFolder’,
‘ConflictFolder’,
‘ConnectionsFolder’,
‘Contacts’,
‘ControlPanelFolder’,
‘Cookies’,
‘Desktop’,
‘Documents’,
‘Downloads’,
‘Favorites’,
‘Fonts’,
‘Games’,
‘GameTasks’,
‘History’,
‘InternetCache’,
‘InternetFolder’,
‘Links’,
‘LocalAppData’,
‘LocalAppDataLow’,
‘LocalizedResourcesDir’,
‘Music’,
‘NetHood’,
‘NetworkFolder’,
‘OriginalImages’,
‘PhotoAlbums’,
‘Pictures’,
‘Playlists’,
‘PrintersFolder’,
‘PrintHood’,
‘Profile’,
‘ProgramData’,
‘ProgramFiles’,
‘ProgramFilesX64’,
‘ProgramFilesX86’,
‘ProgramFilesCommon’,
‘ProgramFilesCommonX64’,
‘ProgramFilesCommonX86’,
‘Programs’,
‘Public’,
‘PublicDesktop’,
‘PublicDocuments’,
‘PublicDownloads’,
‘PublicGameTasks’,
‘PublicMusic’,
‘PublicPictures’,
‘PublicVideos’,
‘QuickLaunch’,
‘Recent’,
‘RecycleBinFolder’,
‘ResourceDir’,
‘RoamingAppData’,
‘SampleMusic’,
‘SamplePictures’,
‘SamplePlaylists’,
‘SampleVideos’,
‘SavedGames’,
‘SavedSearches’,
‘SEARCH_CSC’,
‘SEARCH_MAPI’,
‘SearchHome’,
‘SendTo’,
‘SidebarDefaultParts’,
‘SidebarParts’,
‘StartMenu’,
‘Startup’,
‘SyncManagerFolder’,
‘SyncResultsFolder’,
‘SyncSetupFolder’,
‘System’,
‘SystemX86’,
‘Templates’,
‘TreeProperties’,
‘UserProfiles’,
‘UsersFiles’,
‘Videos’,
‘Windows’
)
]
[string]$KnownFolder,

[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]$Path
)

# Define known folder GUIDs
$KnownFolders = @{
‘3DObjects’ = ’31C0DD25-9439-4F12-BF41-7FF4EDA38722′;
‘AddNewPrograms’ = ‘de61d971-5ebc-4f02-a3a9-6c82895e5c04’;
‘AdminTools’ = ‘724EF170-A42D-4FEF-9F26-B60E846FBA4F’;
‘AppUpdates’ = ‘a305ce99-f527-492b-8b1a-7e76fa98d6e4’;
‘CDBurning’ = ‘9E52AB10-F80D-49DF-ACB8-4330F5687855’;
‘ChangeRemovePrograms’ = ‘df7266ac-9274-4867-8d55-3bd661de872d’;
‘CommonAdminTools’ = ‘D0384E7D-BAC3-4797-8F14-CBA229B392B5’;
‘CommonOEMLinks’ = ‘C1BAE2D0-10DF-4334-BEDD-7AA20B227A9D’;
‘CommonPrograms’ = ‘0139D44E-6AFE-49F2-8690-3DAFCAE6FFB8’;
‘CommonStartMenu’ = ‘A4115719-D62E-491D-AA7C-E74B8BE3B067’;
‘CommonStartup’ = ’82A5EA35-D9CD-47C5-9629-E15D2F714E6E’;
‘CommonTemplates’ = ‘B94237E7-57AC-4347-9151-B08C6C32D1F7’;
‘ComputerFolder’ = ‘0AC0837C-BBF8-452A-850D-79D08E667CA7’;
‘ConflictFolder’ = ‘4bfefb45-347d-4006-a5be-ac0cb0567192’;
‘ConnectionsFolder’ = ‘6F0CD92B-2E97-45D1-88FF-B0D186B8DEDD’;
‘Contacts’ = ‘56784854-C6CB-462b-8169-88E350ACB882’;
‘ControlPanelFolder’ = ’82A74AEB-AEB4-465C-A014-D097EE346D63′;
‘Cookies’ = ‘2B0F765D-C0E9-4171-908E-08A611B84FF6’;
‘Desktop’ = ‘B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641’;
‘Documents’ = ‘FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7’;
‘Downloads’ = ‘374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B’;
‘Favorites’ = ‘1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD’;
‘Fonts’ = ‘FD228CB7-AE11-4AE3-864C-16F3910AB8FE’;
‘Games’ = ‘CAC52C1A-B53D-4edc-92D7-6B2E8AC19434’;
‘GameTasks’ = ‘054FAE61-4DD8-4787-80B6-090220C4B700’;
‘History’ = ‘D9DC8A3B-B784-432E-A781-5A1130A75963’;
‘InternetCache’ = ‘352481E8-33BE-4251-BA85-6007CAEDCF9D’;
‘InternetFolder’ = ‘4D9F7874-4E0C-4904-967B-40B0D20C3E4B’;
‘Links’ = ‘bfb9d5e0-c6a9-404c-b2b2-ae6db6af4968’;
‘LocalAppData’ = ‘F1B32785-6FBA-4FCF-9D55-7B8E7F157091’;
‘LocalAppDataLow’ = ‘A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16’;
‘LocalizedResourcesDir’ = ‘2A00375E-224C-49DE-B8D1-440DF7EF3DDC’;
‘Music’ = ‘4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43’;
‘NetHood’ = ‘C5ABBF53-E17F-4121-8900-86626FC2C973’;
‘NetworkFolder’ = ‘D20BEEC4-5CA8-4905-AE3B-BF251EA09B53’;
‘OriginalImages’ = ‘2C36C0AA-5812-4b87-BFD0-4CD0DFB19B39’;
‘PhotoAlbums’ = ’69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C’;
‘Pictures’ = ’33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB’;
‘Playlists’ = ‘DE92C1C7-837F-4F69-A3BB-86E631204A23’;
‘PrintersFolder’ = ’76FC4E2D-D6AD-4519-A663-37BD56068185′;
‘PrintHood’ = ‘9274BD8D-CFD1-41C3-B35E-B13F55A758F4’;
‘Profile’ = ‘5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173’;
‘ProgramData’ = ’62AB5D82-FDC1-4DC3-A9DD-070D1D495D97′;
‘ProgramFiles’ = ‘905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a’;
‘ProgramFilesX64’ = ‘6D809377-6AF0-444b-8957-A3773F02200E’;
‘ProgramFilesX86’ = ‘7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E’;
‘ProgramFilesCommon’ = ‘F7F1ED05-9F6D-47A2-AAAE-29D317C6F066’;
‘ProgramFilesCommonX64’ = ‘6365D5A7-0F0D-45E5-87F6-0DA56B6A4F7D’;
‘ProgramFilesCommonX86’ = ‘DE974D24-D9C6-4D3E-BF91-F4455120B917’;
‘Programs’ = ‘A77F5D77-2E2B-44C3-A6A2-ABA601054A51’;
‘Public’ = ‘DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385’;
‘PublicDesktop’ = ‘C4AA340D-F20F-4863-AFEF-F87EF2E6BA25’;
‘PublicDocuments’ = ‘ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634’;
‘PublicDownloads’ = ‘3D644C9B-1FB8-4f30-9B45-F670235F79C0’;
‘PublicGameTasks’ = ‘DEBF2536-E1A8-4c59-B6A2-414586476AEA’;
‘PublicMusic’ = ‘3214FAB5-9757-4298-BB61-92A9DEAA44FF’;
‘PublicPictures’ = ‘B6EBFB86-6907-413C-9AF7-4FC2ABF07CC5’;
‘PublicVideos’ = ‘2400183A-6185-49FB-A2D8-4A392A602BA3’;
‘QuickLaunch’ = ’52a4f021-7b75-48a9-9f6b-4b87a210bc8f’;
‘Recent’ = ‘AE50C081-EBD2-438A-8655-8A092E34987A’;
‘RecycleBinFolder’ = ‘B7534046-3ECB-4C18-BE4E-64CD4CB7D6AC’;
‘ResourceDir’ = ‘8AD10C31-2ADB-4296-A8F7-E4701232C972’;
‘RoamingAppData’ = ‘3EB685DB-65F9-4CF6-A03A-E3EF65729F3D’;
‘SampleMusic’ = ‘B250C668-F57D-4EE1-A63C-290EE7D1AA1F’;
‘SamplePictures’ = ‘C4900540-2379-4C75-844B-64E6FAF8716B’;
‘SamplePlaylists’ = ’15CA69B3-30EE-49C1-ACE1-6B5EC372AFB5′;
‘SampleVideos’ = ‘859EAD94-2E85-48AD-A71A-0969CB56A6CD’;
‘SavedGames’ = ‘4C5C32FF-BB9D-43b0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4’;
‘SavedSearches’ = ‘7d1d3a04-debb-4115-95cf-2f29da2920da’;
‘SEARCH_CSC’ = ‘ee32e446-31ca-4aba-814f-a5ebd2fd6d5e’;
‘SEARCH_MAPI’ = ’98ec0e18-2098-4d44-8644-66979315a281′;
‘SearchHome’ = ‘190337d1-b8ca-4121-a639-6d472d16972a’;
‘SendTo’ = ‘8983036C-27C0-404B-8F08-102D10DCFD74’;
‘SidebarDefaultParts’ = ‘7B396E54-9EC5-4300-BE0A-2482EBAE1A26’;
‘SidebarParts’ = ‘A75D362E-50FC-4fb7-AC2C-A8BEAA314493’;
‘StartMenu’ = ‘625B53C3-AB48-4EC1-BA1F-A1EF4146FC19’;
‘Startup’ = ‘B97D20BB-F46A-4C97-BA10-5E3608430854’;
‘SyncManagerFolder’ = ‘43668BF8-C14E-49B2-97C9-747784D784B7’;
‘SyncResultsFolder’ = ‘289a9a43-be44-4057-a41b-587a76d7e7f9’;
‘SyncSetupFolder’ = ‘0F214138-B1D3-4a90-BBA9-27CBC0C5389A’;
‘System’ = ‘1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7’;
‘SystemX86’ = ‘D65231B0-B2F1-4857-A4CE-A8E7C6EA7D27’;
‘Templates’ = ‘A63293E8-664E-48DB-A079-DF759E0509F7’;
‘TreeProperties’ = ‘5b3749ad-b49f-49c1-83eb-15370fbd4882’;
‘UserProfiles’ = ‘0762D272-C50A-4BB0-A382-697DCD729B80’;
‘UsersFiles’ = ‘f3ce0f7c-4901-4acc-8648-d5d44b04ef8f’;
‘Videos’ = ‘18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC’;
‘Windows’ = ‘F38BF404-1D43-42F2-9305-67DE0B28FC23′;
}

# Define SHSetKnownFolderPath if it hasn’t been defined already
$Type = ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]’KnownFolders’).Type
if (-not $Type) {
$Signature = @’
[DllImport(“shell32.dll”)]
public extern static int SHSetKnownFolderPath(ref Guid folderId, uint flags, IntPtr token, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string path);
‘@
$Type = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $Signature -Name ‘KnownFolders’ -Namespace ‘SHSetKnownFolderPath’ -PassThru
}

# Validate the path
if (Test-Path $Path -PathType Container) {
# Call SHSetKnownFolderPath
return $Type::SHSetKnownFolderPath([ref]$KnownFolders[$KnownFolder], 0, 0, $Path)
} else {
throw New-Object System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException “Could not find part of the path $Path.”
}
}

Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder ‘Desktop’ -Path ‘G:\My Drive\Desktop’
Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder ‘Downloads’ -Path ‘G:\My Drive\Downloads’
Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder ‘Documents’ -Path ‘G:\My Drive\Documents’
Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder ‘Pictures’ -Path ‘G:\My Drive\Pictures’
Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder ‘Videos’ -Path ‘G:\My Drive\Videos’

I want to change the path of the shell folders indicated here (I’ve tried editing the registry but it’s just not reliable at all for some reason, no I don’t have an AD domain so that’s not an option either, and I need to push it to 100+ devices) to a path on a virtual drive. Again, running this script as an admin locally works flawlessly, running through hexnode gives me problems.

The script is supposed to create a set of folders in the virtual drive, create a function that defines all the shell folders, then uses the function to perform the move.

Replies (3)

Marked SolutionPending Review
Hexnode Expert
7 months ago
Marked SolutionPending Review

Hello @seph-rodriguez, welcome to Hexnode Connect!

Our team is looking into this case, we’ll get back to you with a solution as soon as possible. Please feel free to reach out in case of any further queries or concerns.

Best regards,
Chloe Edison
Hexnode UEM

Marked SolutionPending Review
Participant
7 months ago
Marked SolutionPending Review

Thank you, I didn’t add it before but here’s the error I get:

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:12 char:15
+ if (-not (Test-Path $newFolderPath)) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Desktop:String) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

New-Item : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘My Drive’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘Desktop’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Desktop:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:12 char:15
+ if (-not (Test-Path $newFolderPath)) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Downloads:String) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessExceptio
n
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

New-Item : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘My Drive’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘Downloads’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Downloads:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:12 char:15
+ if (-not (Test-Path $newFolderPath)) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Documents:String) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessExceptio
n
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

New-Item : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘My Drive’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘Documents’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Documents:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:12 char:15
+ if (-not (Test-Path $newFolderPath)) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Videos:String) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

New-Item : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘My Drive’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘Videos’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Videos:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:12 char:15
+ if (-not (Test-Path $newFolderPath)) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Pictures:String) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

New-Item : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ItemExistsUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘My Drive’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

New-Item : Access to the path ‘Pictures’ is denied.
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:14 char:9
+ New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $newFolderPath -Force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (G:\My Drive\Pictures:String) [New-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CreateDirectoryUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:234 char:9
+ if (Test-Path $Path -PathType Container) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:234 char:9
+ if (Test-Path $Path -PathType Container) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:234 char:9
+ if (Test-Path $Path -PathType Container) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:234 char:9
+ if (Test-Path $Path -PathType Container) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

Test-Path : Access is denied
At C:\Hexnode\Hexnode Agent\Current\resource\sample1.ps1:234 char:9
+ if (Test-Path $Path -PathType Container) {
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Test-Path], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.TestPathCommand

Originally I thought that it might be because Hexnode doesn’t have access to the G:\ drive (Google Drive for Desktop) but by that logic it shouldn’t work when I run it as an admin on the device either but it does. On top of that, doing Test-Path with any other path on the device doesn’t work either with Hexnode.

Marked SolutionPending Review
Hexnode Expert
7 months ago
Marked SolutionPending Review

Hello@seph-rodriguez,

The error occurs because the script can be run only for the user account on which the Google Drive for Desktop has been set up. Please note that the Hexnode agent app operates at the system level. Hence, the script should be modified by making it specific to a user account before executing it from the Hexnode console.

We hope this helps. Feel free to reach out in case of further queries or concerns.

Best regards,
Chloe Edison
Hexnode UEM