Expand Archive Wont Complete Execution In Object Event

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I am using a IO.FileSystemWatcher FileCreated object event to detect when a zip file is placed in a folder, once the zip is detected the script needs to extract the contents and save the files in another directory. If I simply call Expand-Archive C:\source.zip -DestinationPath C:\dest\ -Verbose -Force inside the IO.FileSystemWatcher FileCreated object event, the output window says VERBOSE: Performing the operation “Expand-Archive” on target “C:\source.zip”. and will hang here during execution forever.

If I place the cmdlet Expand-Archive outside of the object event, everything works, all contents in the zip file are extracted. This seems to me that there is a different thread the object event is located on. How would i get Expand-Archive cmdlet to work inside a object event? Below is the script that wont expand a zip file.

PowerShell

Register-ObjectEvent $fileWatcher Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action { Expand-Archive C:\source.zip -DestinationPath C:\dest\ -Verbose -Force }

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Register-ObjectEvent $fileWatcher Created -SourceIdentifier FileCreated -Action { Expand-Archive C:\source.zip -DestinationPath C:\dest\ -Verbose -Force }

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• This topic was modified 3 months ago by grokkit.

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