does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'

[wartech]

When I type the following code in a PowerShell console window (version 5.1) it works fine:
$locked = @()
$locked = Search-ADAccount -LockedOut

But when I run it in PowerShell Studio 2024 I get:

ERROR: Method invocation failed because [Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.ADAccount] does not contain a method named 'op_Addition'.
Unlock-Backup.ps1 (21, 2): ERROR: At Line: 21 char: 2
ERROR: + $locked = Search-ADAccount -LockedOut
ERROR: + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ERROR: + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (op_Addition:String) [], RuntimeException
ERROR: + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotFound

Any idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Alexander Riedel]

This might help:
https://community.spiceworks.com/t/how- ... r/950539/4
It seems this happens if you attempt to fill or append an array from an empty object.

[wartech]

Thankyou for that.
Changed it to

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1. try
2. {
3.     $locked = (Search-ADAccount -LockedOut)
4. }
5. catch
6. {
7.     Write-Host "Error"
8. }

and it works without ever displaying "Error".
It works, but I don't understand how

[obnoxiousadult]

The issue arises because in some contexts, $locked = @() creates an empty array, and PowerShell expects op_Addition to append results to it. This works fine in the standard console but behaves differently in PowerShell Studio, likely due to the execution environment interpreting the variable differently.