New-Object ignores the -ErrorAction common parameter

[mklement0]

Steps to reproduce

New-Object NoSuch.Type -ErrorAction Ignore

Expected behavior

A quiet no-op.

Actual behavior

New-Object : Cannot find type [NoSuch.Type]: verify that the assembly containing this type is loaded.
...

That is, -ErrorAction Ignore was ignored.

Note that, by contrast, setting $ErrorActionPreference is respected.

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[kvprasoon]

If the change is just using WriteError instead of ThrowTerminatingError , I've a PR created for this.

[mklement0]

Thanks, @kvprasoon - and my apologies, because I should never have opened this issue:

New-Object rightfully reports a statement-terminating error, on which -ErrorAction has no effect.

(That setting $ErrorActionPreference does have an effect is a general inconsistency that is not specific to New-Object - see MicrosoftDocs/PowerShell-Docs#1583)