Get-Content: Cannot find path because it does not exist

Question

I wrote the following script in which Servers.txt file contains a list of servers:

$Result = @()
    
foreach ($server in (gc .\Servers.txt)) {

    $computer = [ADSI](”WinNT://” + $server + “,computer”)
    $Group = $computer.psbase.children.find(”Administrators”)

    function getAdmins {
        $members = ($Group.psbase.invoke(”Members”) | % { $_.GetType().InvokeMember(”Adspath”, ‘GetProperty’, $null, $_, $null) }) -replace ('WinNT://DOMAIN/' + $server + '/'), '' -replace ('WinNT://DOMAIN/', 'DOMAIN\') -replace ('WinNT://', '')
        $members
    }

    $Result += Write-Output "SERVER: $server"
    $Result += Write-Output ' '
    $Result += ( getAdmins )
    $Result += Write-Output '____________________________'
    $Result += Write-Output ' '
}

$Result > c:\results.txt
    
Invoke-Item c:\results.txt

If I run this script, I get the error:

PS C:> C:\LocalUsers.ps1 Get-Content : Cannot find path 'C:\Servers.txt' because it does not exist. At C:\LocalUsers.ps1:3 char:23

foreach($server in (gc <<<< .\Servers.txt)){
CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Servers.txt:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundException

FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

Why do I keep getting this error? How do I solve this?

How and where (Directory) are you running this script? From the sounds of it Get-Location should return c:\ but you probably expect something different. Use the full path to avoid this issue. — Matt
Might not be an issue but be careful as you have smart quotes in your code there. Depending on how you save and run the script you can have issues. — Matt
Below is not working too: foreach($server in (gc -Path C:\Servers.txt)){ What should I do? — Nikhil Tamhankar
Hi, You didn't answer any of my questions I asked earlier. Where is the servers.txt file actually located? — Matt

George Dudnikov George Dudnikov · Accepted Answer · 2018-08-20T11:48:02

Go to ControlPanel/Appearanceand Personalization/FileExplore Options/View and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types. Now check your *.txt file possibly you will see Computres.txt.txt Delete last .txt

Get-Content: Cannot find path because it does not exist

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