Exception InitializeDefaultDrives

Question

_{Monday, May 4, 2015 7:55 AM}

Hello all!

I don't understand why an exception is thrown when I import ActiveDirectory's module :'(

Herebelow the exception :

"Attempting to perform the InitializeDefaultDrives operation on the 'ActiveDirectory' provider failed".

I would like to know what are the reasons which can make this error, in order to avoid it.

When I launch this cmdlet twice, there is no problem with the second attempt.

Thanks for your powerful help :=)

Best regards

All replies (2)

_{Tuesday, May 5, 2015 10:21 AM ✅Answered}

Hi Tweesty,

Glad to hear the error has gone, I found this error would occur if you installed RSAT-AD-PowerShell via powershell, in this case, we need to close and open powershell console to import the AD module.

Refer to:

http://mikefrobbins.com/2011/02/17/managed-service-accounts/

If you have any powershell script issue in the future, please feel free to let us know.

Best Regards,

Anna Wang

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_{Monday, May 4, 2015 10:02 AM}

I would suggest a system problem. Perhaps you are missing updates to Net.

This is not really a scripting issue.  It seems to be a system error.  Try a different machine to be sure your script works.

\(ツ)_/