Ignoring an errorlevel != 0 in Windows PowerShell (ISE)

Question

I have a script that runs an external EXE file. When that EXE file fails (sets errorlevel to 1), the PowerShell script fails.

I'm running curl.exe and am getting this:

• CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ( % Total % ... Time Current:String) [], RemoteException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

How can I ignore/catch the failure of the external EXE file and continue with my script?

Answer 1

This doesn't have anything to do with the exit code returned by the EXE. An error is generated when an EXE writes to stderr, but only within the ISE or when remoting or using background jobs.

An EXE that writes to stderr does not generate errors from the regular PowerShell command prompt. I'm not sure why this is the case.