Remove-Item removes the symbolic links and junctions when used with -WhatIf parameter #16664
Description
Prerequisites
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Steps to reproduce
- Create a new junction (reparse point) of an arbitrary directory
New-Item -Path junction -ItemType Junction -Value 'C:\Program Files\'- Create a new symbolic link of an arbitrary directory
New-Item -Path symlink -ItemType SymbolicLink -Value 'C:\Program Files\'- Run the
Remove-Itemcommand with the-WhatIfswitch parameter
Remove-Item -Path .\junction\ -WhatIf
Remove-Item -Path .\symlink\ -WhatIfExpected behavior
Should not remove junction or symbolic linkActual behavior
Removes the junction and symbolic linkError details
No response
Environment data
PS C:\Users\tospaa> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 7.2.1
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 7.2.1
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.19043
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0