PowerShell: ErrorAction set to "SilentlyContinue" not working

Question

The following command does not show the error message, which is what I want:

Copy-Item "C:\Folder I Have Access To\*" "C:\Folder I Do Not Have Access To" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

The following command does show the error message, which is not what I want:

Copy-Item "C:\Folder I Have Access To\*" "C:\Folder I Do Not Have Access To" -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

This is because I'm using the "Force" parameter. Is there a way I can use the "Force" parameter and still not show the error message?

Answer 1

Add this first.

$ErrorActionPreference = "silentlycontinue"

Answer 2

Can you try this :

trap
{
  continue
}
Copy-Item "C:\Folder I Have Access To\*" "C:\Folder I Do Not Have Access To" -Force -errorAction SilentlyContinue

or

try
{
  Copy-Item "C:\Folder I Have Access To\*" "C:\Folder I Do Not Have Access To" -Force -errorAction SilentlyContinue
}
catch
{
}