Creates and throws or returns an invalid operation exception.

New-InvalidOperationException [-Message] <String> [[-ErrorRecord] <ErrorRecord>] [-PassThru]
 [<CommonParameters>]

Creates and throws or returns an invalid operation exception.

try
{
    Start-Process @startProcessArguments
}
catch
{
    New-InvalidOperationException -Message 'My error message' -ErrorRecord $_
}

Creates and throws an invalid operation exception with the message 'My error message' and includes the exception that caused this terminating error.

$errorRecord = New-InvalidOperationException -Message 'My error message' -PassThru

Creates and returns an invalid operation exception with the message 'My error message'.

The error record containing the exception that is causing this terminating error.

Type: ErrorRecord
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

The message explaining why this error is being thrown.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

If specified, returns the error record instead of throwing it.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.