New-Item symlinks cannot be created if destination (target) is non-existent or not accessible #9067
Description
Steps to reproduce
new-item -type symboliclink -name "hello" -target "Z:\"Because I have to execute this as an administrator, my Z: drive is not attached, and so PowerShell responds with an error.
new-item : Cannot find drive. A drive with the name 'Z' does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ new-item -type symboliclink -name "hello" -target "Z:\"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (Z:String) [New-Item], DriveNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : DriveNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand
It appears this was thought to be fixed in #801, but evidently it didn't include non-existent drives.
Instead I have to resort to CMD MKLINK.
cmd
> mklink /D "hello" "Z:\"
> exitEnvironment data
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.2.0-rc.1
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId 6.2.0-rc.1
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.17763
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0
Edit 1: fixed spellings, changed parameter to '-target'.