Windows 10 Powershell Get-WinEvent strangeness

[markfilipak-]

I usually avoid posting multiple issues, but these are so closely related that to not post everything I've experienced would be silly.

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ISSUE #1: When run in Powershell,

PS D:\> Get-WinEvent > Get-WinEvent.txt
does not redirect (i.e., Get-WinEvent.txt is zero-byte), and the screen overflows so that only the last few hundred output lines are shown.


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ISSUE #2: When run outside Powershell,

D:\>powershell Get-WinEvent > Get-WinEvent.txt
does redirect (Get-WinEvent.txt = 1234027 bytes).


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ISSUE #3: Here is the content of Get-WinEvent.txt:



Get-WinEvent : The data is invalid
At line:1 char:1

• Get-WinEvent
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: ) [Get-WinEvent], EventLogInvalidDataException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : The data is invalid,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWinEventCommand


...4468 more occurances of the above section, plus this last section:


Get-WinEvent : No events were found that match the specified selection criteria.
At line:1 char:1

• Get-WinEvent
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~

+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: ) [Get-WinEvent], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NoMatchingEventsFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetWinEventCommand

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QUESTION #1: Why the Powershell redirection problem (ISSUE #1)?

QUESTION #2: Why the Get-WinEvent problem (ISSUE #3)?

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