PowerShell ConvertTo-XML Error

Question

I'm using PowerShell v3 on a Windows 8 system and can't find any good resources online to explain this problem I'm encountering. I have the following script:

$CIMProperty = Get-CimInstance win32_OperatingSystem
$OS = [PSCustomObject]@{
  Caption = $CIMProperty.Caption
  InstallDate = $CIMProperty.InstallDate
  }

$Asset = [PSCustomObject]@{
  Name = "TSZ"
  OperatingSystem = $OS
  }

$Asset | ConvertTo-Xml

and when I run it I get the following error:

ConvertTo-Xml : Unexpected end of file has occurred. The following elements are not closed: Objects. Line 9, position 12. At C:\Users\Ben\SkyDrive\Documents\Scripting\Inventory\Troubleshooting-Compact.ps1:12 char:10 + $Asset | ConvertTo-Xml + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertTo-Xml], XmlException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Xml.XmlException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToXmlCommand

I've done a bunch of testing and found that this only happens when I have more than one property for my $OS object. Defining the typename for each property didn't seem to help. If I use my own arrays of something like $OS = "test","123" there is no error.

If I set $OS = Get-CimInstance win32_OperatingSystem there is no error, and using Export-CliXml cmdlet also works. However I'm trying to produce a well-formatted XML document that needs minimal processing before being displayed in a custom XML viewer.

JPBlanc JPBlanc · Accepted Answer · 2013-06-08T19:34:10

Can you try :

$Asset | ConvertTo-Xml -Depth 2

PowerShell ConvertTo-XML Error

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