PowerShell access to the path is denied

Question

I got access to the path is denied when I tried to write content to CSV file using Add-Content in PowerShell

Add-Content : Access to the path 'C:\myfloder' is denied.
At C:\Users\spfarm\Desktop\PS Scripts\Export Documents Versions Details with Comments In SharePoint.ps1:29 char:1
+ Add-Content -Path $FolderPath -Value "First Name,Last Name, Modi ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : PermissionDenied: (C:\myfloder:String) [Add-Content], UnauthorizedAccessException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetContentWriterUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddContentCommand

This is my PowerShell script

$Path = "C:\myfolder\file.csv"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $Path

#add a row in CSV
Add-Content -Path $Path -Value "First Name,Last Name, Modified Date"

How to fix this?

Answer 1

Access to the path is denied PowerShell

To solve the Access to the path is denied PowerShell problem, you should make sure that:

1. The Windows PowerShell is running as Administrator.
   
2. The provided path is correct in Add-Content.
3. The file is not located directly in the c:\ drive, it should be inside a folder in the root drive.

If you need to create your file in c:\ drive directly, make sure that you have added Set-ExecutionPolicy "Unrestricted" at the beginning of your PowerShell Script.

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Add-Content: Access to the path is denied.

As per your PowerShell script, you are trying to create a directory, not a file then you have set a folder path rather than a file path in Add-Content and that will cause this error 'Add-Content : Access to the path is denied."

In your case, you must make sure that you have set the -Path in Add-Content to a valid file path. so try to change your PowerShell script to the following:

#Create a folder
$Path = "C:\myfolder"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $Path

# Create a file
$FilePath = "$Path\file.csv"
New-Item -ItemType file -Path $FilePath

# Check if the path is exist
if(Test-path $FilePath)
  {
     #add a row in CSV to the correct file path
    Add-Content -Path $FilePath -Value "First Name,Last Name, Modified Date"
  }

Comments

You are right, I was passing the folder pass instead of the file path. Thank you!