When you try to run a PowerShell script or command with the Export-CSV cmdlet on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 client machine or Windows Server in a domain, you might get Access to the route is denied. production. This post offers applicable solutions to the problem.
The error snippet will read something similar to the following output depending on the specified syntax and parameters:
Export-csv: access denied to path ‘C:\export.csv’.
Online: 1 character: 14
+ get-process | Export-csv -Path “C:\export.csv” -NoTypeInformation
This error is most likely to occur mainly due to the following reasons.
- You are running PowerShell without administrator permissions.
- Incorrect script code or syntax that may have extra spaces in the path, such as a forward hyphen or anything else that shouldn’t be there.
- Misspellings in the PowerShell command.
PowerShell Export-CSV access to path is denied
if you get the Access to the route is denied. error output when running the PowerShell-CSV Export cmdlet on a Windows client or server machine, then the easy solutions below can be applied in no particular order to resolve the issue and get the command to run as expected.
- Run the Export-CSV command in the elevated PowerShell console
- Change the location of the Export-CSV file/folder
- Name your Export-CSV file
Let’s look at these fixes in detail. Make sure that Windows PowerShell script execution is enabled on the machine.
1]Run the Export-CSV command in the elevated PowerShell console
As you can see in the introductory image above, the CSV export access to path is denied An error is displayed when the command is run in PowerShell without administrator privileges. Therefore, check that this is not your case. If not, continue with the next suggestion; otherwise, open PowerShell or Windows Terminal in elevated mode and then run the command making sure there are no misspellings in the command and also the code or syntax is correct; for example, check for and remove extra spaces in the path, a forward hyphen, or any characters that should not be present in the syntax.
Read: Run PowerShell scripts locally without logging in
2]Change the location of the Export-CSV file/folder
This solution requires that you point the export to write to the same folder that the scripts are in. This is created from Export-CSV which requires administrator privileges or an elevated PowerShell console to run correctly as described above. It is imperative to note that the elevation requirement is only with system directories like:
- C:\
- C:\Windows
- C:\Program Files
- C:\Program Files (x86)
- C:\Users
The above directories are standard for all users, and changing their contents would effectively change the Windows environment for other users as well, since Windows was built for multiple users (regardless of whether it will only be configured for one user) and Windows trusts the integrity of these directories. Therefore, any changes or modifications to these directories could have serious implications for the performance of the operating system and potentially affect other users.
That being said, if you have a custom directory, adding files to it will not require elevation. He C:\Temp The directory is just another directory like that. So, in summary, any changes that affect other user directories or the Windows environment will require administrator rights; anything else will not.
3]Name your Export-CSV file
For this solution, let’s say you’re trying to run the following script and get the error:
Get-AzureADApplication -all true | Export-CSV -path F:\ADpp
In this case, to solve the problem, you should name your CSV file as follows:
Export-CSV -Path "F:\ADpp\2022-12-05_AzureADApps.csv" -NoTypeInformation
I hope this post helps you!
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How do I export Active Directory users to CSV files using PowerShell?
To export Active Directory users to CSV using PowerShell, here are the steps required:
- Get-ADUser PowerShell command.
- Export to CSV command.
- Export specific user attributes.
To bulk import users to Active Directory using PowerShell, here are the steps required:
- Create a CSV file with your users’ data.
- Modify the PowerShell Script using the command for bulk user creation in Active Directory.
- Run the script.
Read: How to schedule PowerShell script in Task Scheduler
How do I run a PowerShell script without restrictions?
If you want to run a script that does not have the required parameters and does not return results, you do not need to change the execution policy. Instead, you can use the following command to bypass the restrictions.
PowerShell.exe -File "FILENAME" -ExecutionPolicy Bypass
To unlock a PowerShell script, you can run the first command for a single file and the second command below for multiple files.
Unblock-File -Path C:\Users\User01\Documents\Downloads\NameOfPowershellScript
dir C:\Downloads\*PowerShell* | Unblock-File
also read: How to Run a .sh File or Shell Script on Windows.
