Permission errors in PowerShell

Question

I am new to PowerShell. When trying to write a simple script that deletes the contents of a folder and then fills it with files copied from a different folder, I always get

Answer 1

After this error (and assuming at that point in it the most recent error):

$error[0] | fl * -force

will expand the details of the error and exception. That should give you more information.

Another thing to do is to switch on verbose logging

$VerbosePreference = "Continue"

to get more details about specifically what operation is being performed when the error occurs.

Finally PowerShell ISE includes a debugger which allows you to step through your script.