Unable to delete OneDrive-tracked directories with Remove-Item

[rjmholt]

See #11331.

Steps to reproduce

remove-item -force -recurse ./dir

Expected behavior

Folder is deleted

Actual behavior

ProviderInvocationException :
    ProviderInfo   : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem
    ErrorRecord    :
        Exception             :
            TargetSite :
                Name          : AppendFormatHelper
                DeclaringType : System.Text.StringBuilder
                MemberType    : Method
                Module        : System.Private.CoreLib.dll
            StackTrace :
   at System.Text.StringBuilder.AppendFormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)
   at System.String.FormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.StringUtil.Format(String formatSpec, Object o)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveDirectoryInfoItem(DirectoryInfo directory, Boolean recurse, Boolean force, Boolean rootOfRemoval)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveItem(String path, Boolean recurse)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.RemoveItem(CmdletProvider providerInstance, String path, Boolean recurse, CmdletProviderContext context)
            Message    : Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list.
            Source     : System.Private.CoreLib
            HResult    : -2146233033
        CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], FormatException
        FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemProviderException
    Message        : Attempting to perform the RemoveItem operation on the 'FileSystem' provider failed for path 'C:\Users\roholt\OneDrive - Microsoft\Dev\PowerShellEditorServices\module\PowerShellEditorServices\bin'. Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument
list.
    TargetSite     :
        Name          : RemoveItem
        DeclaringType : System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal
        MemberType    : Method
        Module        : System.Management.Automation.dll
    StackTrace     :
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.RemoveItem(CmdletProvider providerInstance, String path, Boolean recurse, CmdletProviderContext context)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.RemoveItem(String providerId, String path, Boolean recurse, CmdletProviderContext context)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand.ProcessRecord()
   at System.Management.Automation.CommandProcessor.ProcessRecord()
    InnerException :
        TargetSite :
            Name          : AppendFormatHelper
            DeclaringType : System.Text.StringBuilder
            MemberType    : Method
            Module        : System.Private.CoreLib.dll
        StackTrace :
   at System.Text.StringBuilder.AppendFormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)
   at System.String.FormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.StringUtil.Format(String formatSpec, Object o)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveDirectoryInfoItem(DirectoryInfo directory, Boolean recurse, Boolean force, Boolean rootOfRemoval)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveItem(String path, Boolean recurse)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.RemoveItem(CmdletProvider providerInstance, String path, Boolean recurse, CmdletProviderContext context)
        Message    : Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list.
        Source     : System.Private.CoreLib
        HResult    : -2146233033
    Source         : System.Management.Automation
    HResult        : -2146233087
ProviderInfo                : Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem
ErrorRecord                 :
    Exception             :
        TargetSite :
            Name          : AppendFormatHelper
            DeclaringType : System.Text.StringBuilder
            MemberType    : Method
            Module        : System.Private.CoreLib.dll
        StackTrace :
   at System.Text.StringBuilder.AppendFormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)
   at System.String.FormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.StringUtil.Format(String formatSpec, Object o)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveDirectoryInfoItem(DirectoryInfo directory, Boolean recurse, Boolean force, Boolean rootOfRemoval)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveItem(String path, Boolean recurse)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.RemoveItem(CmdletProvider providerInstance, String path, Boolean recurse, CmdletProviderContext context)
        Message    : Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list.
        Source     : System.Private.CoreLib
        HResult    : -2146233033
    CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-Item], FormatException
    FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.FormatException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
    InvocationInfo        :
        MyCommand        : Remove-Item
        ScriptLineNumber : 1
        OffsetInLine     : 1
        HistoryId        : 34
        Line             : Remove-Item "$root/module/PowerShellEditorServices/bin" -Recurse -Force -Verbose
        PositionMessage  : At line:1 char:1
                           + Remove-Item "$root/module/PowerShellEditorServices/bin" -Recurse -For …
                           + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        InvocationName   : Remove-Item
        CommandOrigin    : Internal
    ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Users\roholt\OneDrive - Microsoft\Dev\PowerShellEditorServices\PowerShellEditorServices.build.ps1: line 127
                            at *Task, C:\Users\roholt\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\InvokeBuild\5.4.1\Invoke-Build.ps1: line 526
                            at <ScriptBlock><End>, C:\Users\roholt\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\InvokeBuild\5.4.1\Invoke-Build.ps1: line 684
                            at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
    PipelineIterationInfo :



TargetSite                  :
    Name          : Invoke
    DeclaringType : System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase
    MemberType    : Method
    Module        : System.Management.Automation.dll
StackTrace                  :
   at System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PipelineBase.Invoke(IEnumerable input)
   at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.Worker.ConstructPipelineAndDoWork(Runspace rs, Boolean performSyncInvoke)
   at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.CoreInvokeHelper[TInput,TOutput](PSDataCollection`1 input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings)
   at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.CoreInvoke[TInput,TOutput](PSDataCollection`1 input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings)
   at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.InvokeWithDebugger(IEnumerable`1 input, IList`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings, Boolean invokeMustRun)
   at System.Management.Automation.ScriptDebugger.ProcessCommand(PSCommand command, PSDataCollection`1 output)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost.InputLoop.ProcessDebugCommand(String cmd, Exception& e)
Message                     : Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list.
Data                        : System.Collections.ListDictionaryInternal
InnerException              :
    TargetSite :
        Name          : AppendFormatHelper
        DeclaringType : System.Text.StringBuilder
        MemberType    : Method
        Module        : System.Private.CoreLib.dll
    StackTrace :
   at System.Text.StringBuilder.AppendFormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)
   at System.String.FormatHelper(IFormatProvider provider, String format, ParamsArray args)
   at System.Management.Automation.Internal.StringUtil.Format(String formatSpec, Object o)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveDirectoryInfoItem(DirectoryInfo directory, Boolean recurse, Boolean force, Boolean rootOfRemoval)
   at Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.FileSystemProvider.RemoveItem(String path, Boolean recurse)
   at System.Management.Automation.SessionStateInternal.RemoveItem(CmdletProvider providerInstance, String path, Boolean recurse, CmdletProviderContext context)
    Message    : Index (zero based) must be greater than or equal to zero and less than the size of the argument list.
    Source     : System.Private.CoreLib
    HResult    : -2146233033
Source                      : System.Management.Automation
HResult                     : -2146233087

Environment data

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.0.0-rc.2
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.0.0-rc.2
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.19535
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

[iSazonov]

.Net Core behavior dotnet/corefx#28124

[iSazonov]

Dup #9246

[ghost]

This issue has been marked as duplicate and has not had any activity for 1 day. It has been closed for housekeeping purposes.