Windows 10: Annoying error in PowerShell

I have a directory E:\Documents\Steve's\New Documents\Tax
If I navigate to this directory in explorer, and then use the File->Open Windows Powershell mechanism, then Windows PowerShell opens with the error:

The string is missing the terminator: '. + CategoryInfo : ParserError: (*Smile [], ParentContainsErrorRecordException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TerminatorExpectedAtEndOfString

There's nothing wrong with a single quote character in a directory, so this must be an error in Powershell.

Is that correct?

:)

 

PowerShell Errors

This is the error I am getting. I do not know how to fix it.

Add-AppxPackage : Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073CF9, Install failed. Please contact your software vendor.

The current user has already installed an unpackaged version of this app. A packaged version cannot replace this. The conflicting package is Microsoft.OpusPG and it was published by CN=Microsoft Corporation,

O=Microsoft Corporation, L=Redmond, S=Washington, C=US.

NOTE: For additional information, look for [ActivityId] 7cc7b515-bee9-0005-410d-c97ce9bed201 in the Event Log or use the command line Get-AppxLog -ActivityID 7cc7b515-bee9-0005-410d-c97ce9bed201

At line:1 char:1

+ Add-AppxPackage E:\Games\Forza.Horizon.3.BYPASSED\forza.appx

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

+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (E:\Games\Forza....SSED\forza.appx:String) [Add-AppxPackage], IOException

+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DeploymentError,Microsoft.Windows.Appx.PackageManager.Commands.AddAppxPackageCommand

 

PowerShell Errors

Hi,

We have found a discussion similar to the error your are getting when running Powershell. Kindly click on this

link and refer to the post by Moolynx for troubleshooting.

Let us know how it goes.

 

You need double quotes around filename "E:\Documents\Steve's\New Documents\Tax".

 

Any idea how to do that when opening Powershell from File Explorer's 'File' tab as the OP is trying to do? Or with the Shift+RightClick context menu?

 

I'm not the one issuing the CD command. I'm using the option inside the "File" entry in Windows Explorer, all done with a couple of mouse clicks...
Perhaps it's Windows Explorer which needs to punctuate the command it uses to open Pwershell at my directory.

Try it for yourself:

• Open Windows Explorer
• Navigate to a directory of your choice
• Create a new directory, maybe "cereberus's"
• Navigate to this new directory
• Click the "File" entry in Explorer's ribbon
• Click "Open Windows Powershell"
• Marvel at the error message...

 

Yeah obviously a silly bug.

I guess quickest way to avoid typing long names is to

1) navigate to folder

2) click on directory icon in name bar





which yields




3) Press ctrl-c to pu on clipboard.

Then open powershell and type CD " , paste clipboard and type final ".