[Bug] Errors on installing/updating an app that creates a shortcut

[lewis-yeung]

Bug Report

Current Behavior

When I tried to install/update an app that creates a shortcut, Scoop ran into a series of errors showing Cannot find a provider with the name '[System.IO.Path]', Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null, etc.

Expected Behavior

No error happens.

Additional context/output

Terminal output: (taking scoop update 7zip as an example)

7zip: 21.07 -> 22.00
Updating one outdated app:
Updating '7zip' (21.07 -> 22.00)
Downloading new version
Starting download with aria2 ...
Download: Download Results:
Download: gid   |stat|avg speed  |path/URI
Download: ======+====+===========+=======================================================
Download: fccdcf|OK  |    91KiB/s|C:/Users/LY/scoop/cache/7zip#22.00#https_7-zip.org_a_7z2200-x64.msi
Download: Status Legend:
Download: (OK):download completed.
Checking hash of 7z2200-x64.msi ... ok.
Uninstalling '7zip' (21.07)
Removing shim '7z.shim'.
Removing shim '7z.exe'.
Unlinking ~\scoop\apps\7zip\current
Installing '7zip' (22.00) [64bit]
Loading 7z2200-x64.msi from cache.
Extracting 7z2200-x64.msi ... done.
Linking ~\scoop\apps\7zip\current => ~\scoop\apps\7zip\22.00
Creating shim for '7z'.
New-Item: C:\Users\LY\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\core.ps1:453
Line |
 453 |          New-Item -Path $dir -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
     |          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot find a provider with the name '[System.IO.Path]'.

Convert-Path: C:\Users\LY\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\core.ps1:455
Line |
 455 |      Convert-Path -Path $dir
     |      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot find a provider with the name '[System.IO.Path]'.

Convert-Path: C:\Users\LY\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\shortcuts.ps1:28
Line |
  28 |  … onvert-Path $(ensure [System.IO.Path]::Combine([Environment]::GetFold …
     |                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Cannot bind argument to parameter 'Path' because it is null.

OperationStopped: C:\Users\LY\scoop\apps\scoop\current\lib\shortcuts.ps1:57
Line |
  57 |      $wsShell.Save()
     |      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     | Unable to save shortcut "C:\7-Zip.lnk".

Creating shortcut for 7-Zip (7zFM.exe)
Persisting Codecs
Persisting Formats
Running post_install script...
'7zip' (22.00) was installed successfully!
Notes
-----
Add 7-Zip as a context menu option by running: "C:\Users\LY\scoop\apps\7zip\current\install-context.reg"

This is most likely related to a freshly merged PR #4410.

Possible Solution

None for the time being.

System details

• Windows version: 11
• OS architecture: 64bit
• PowerShell version: 7.2.4

Scoop Configuration

{
  "lastUpdate": "2022-06-21T18:57:09.3466368+08:00",
  "SCOOP_REPO": "https://github.com/ScoopInstaller/Scoop",
  "SCOOP_BRANCH": "develop",
  "aria2-max-connection-per-server": 16,
  "aria2-split": 16,
  "aria2-min-split-size": "1M",
  "aria2-warning-enabled": false,
  "debug": true,
  "manifest_review": true
}

[rashil2000]

Hey, thanks for the report! Can you check if #5006 fixes it?

[lewis-yeung]

@rashil2000 Yeah, it does.