Access to path is denied

[nlvw]

I'm trying to compress multiple folders into separate zip files however I keep getting "Access to path is denied". if I run 7za.exe by itself it can zip the folders just fine.

My Script:

$folders = Get-ChildItem -Exclude ".mig",".zip","_Easy File Transfer (migwiz)" $env:Path = $env:Path + ";K:\TechStuff\Tech_Software\7za"

foreach($folder in $folders) {

Compress-7Zip -Path $folder.Name -Format Zip -CompressionLevel None -ArchiveFileName ($folder.Name + ".zip")

}

Error:

Compress-7Zip : Access to the path 'K:\Profile Backups\spatrico' is denied. At line:6 char:5

• Compress-7Zip -Path $folder.Name -Format Zip -CompressionLevel No ...
  

• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (SevenZip4PowerS...+CompressWorker:CompressWorker) [Compress-7Zip], UnauthorizedAccessException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : err01,SevenZip4PowerShell.Compress7Zip

[nlvw]

So I dug into this a little more and found that for whatever reason (I have no idea why) Compress-7Zip will not working over Powershell Remoting. Using the same credentials the script will fail if run remotely and work if run from remote desktop.

[thoemmi]

I've never used PowerShell Remoting before. However, as far as I understand it, the module is copied to the remote machine automatically. I guess that the remoting mechanism doesn't copy the required native DLLs 7z.dll and 7z64.dll, and the 7Zip4PowerShell can't find them on the remote machine. Can you verify that?

[nlvw]

While in the remote session I did a "install-module" and pulled the module down to the remote machine from the powershell gallery. Also for reference i've always had to install-modules manually on the remote machine before they are usable for remoting.

[wehnertb]

I just installed the 1.13 module today, locally in Powershell 5.1 on Windows 10. I tried to 7zip files in a directory I created and had a few pdf files in. I was running Powershell as Administrator. Whenever I try to compress anything, I get this message:

Compress-7Zip : Access to the path 'C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.IE5' is denied.

Why this directory is being used instead of %TEMP%, I'm not certain. This directory doesn't even exist.

My command line was this:

Compress-7Zip -Path . -Filter *.pdf -ArchiveFileName .\stuff.7z