Can't execute test from Powershell

Question

I'm having a play with Powershell and understanding how to control Visual Studio over the command line in a bid to try to understand the basics of the dev ops world.

If I run this in the command line

vstest.console "C:\Users\me\source\repos\Test03\UnitTestProject1\bin\Release\UnitTestProject1.dll"

It executes as desired.

If I run the same script from Powershell I get

Starting test execution, please wait...
vstest.console : An exception occurred while invoking executor 'executor://mstestadapter/v2': Access to the path 'C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\TestResults\Deploy_Me 
2018-02-08 14_53_12' is denied.
At C:\Users\me\source\repos\Test03\autostageplan.ps1:12 char:1
+ vstest.console "C:\Users\me\source\repos\Test03\UnitTestProjec ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (An exception oc..._12' is denied.:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

vstest.console has been set up as an environment variable if that has any impact.

I have read An exception occurred while invoking executor 'executor://mstestadapter/v1': Object reference not set to an instance of an object

Does any one know why this would be?

Is your PowerShell window being run as administrator? Looks like just a rights issue to me. — Mark Wragg, Feb 08 '18 at 15:06
Well... there you go. Sigh. So obvious. Do you want to mark as an answer @MarkWragg — MyDaftQuestions, Feb 08 '18 at 15:09

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 08 '18 at 15:10

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The error occurs because you are not running the PowerShell console with administrator rights (right click PowerShell > Run as Administrator).

answered Feb 08 '18 at 15:10

Mark Wragg

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