Try Catch is not working in PowerShell

Question

I am using Try Catch in PowerShell, but in some cases, the errors aren’t getting caught

try {
   
}

catch {
    "An error occurred that could not be resolved."
}

I also tried to use the below code but still not working

try {
   
}
catch [System.Net.WebException],[System.IO.IOException] {
    " "An error occurred that could not be resolved."
}

Am I missing something, and Why Try Catch is not working in PowerShell?

Answer 1

Error Handling in PowerShell

In PowerShell, you can use use the try, catch, and finally blocks to handle terminating errors and stops a statement from running.

• A try block is used to define a section of a script in which you want PowerShell to monitor for errors.
• A catch block is used to handle the error.
• A finally block can be used to free any resources that are no longer needed by your script.

Try, Catch Finally Syntax

try { 
   # your code
}
catch {
 
  Write-Host "An error occurred:"
  # to get error details, use one of the below 
  Write-Host $_ 
  Write-Host $Error
  Write-Host $_.Exception
}
finally{
    # free any resources that are no longer needed
}

Output

When an error occurs within the try block, the error is first saved to the $Error automatic variable, and If the error cannot be handled, the error is written to the error stream.

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Solving: Try, Catch is not working in PowerShell

In your case, if your code is not getting caught, try to use -ErrorAction stop as below

try { 
   # your code  -ErrorAction stop
}
catch {
  Write-Host "An error occurred:"
  Write-Host $Error
}