Import-VcMdtApplication: WARNING: Failed to create folder: VcRedists, with: A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Comments'.

[xenadmin]

Expected Behavior

On a fresh MDT server, I want to use the VCRedist module to import the VC redists.

Current Behavior

PS C:\Windows\system32> $VcList = Get-VcList | Save-VcRedist -Path "C:\Windows\Temp\VcRedist"

PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-VcMdtApplication -VcList $VcList -MdtPath "C:\MDTBuildLab"
WARNING: Failed to create folder: VcRedists, with: A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Comments'.
New-Item : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Comments'.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VcRedist\4.1.484\Private\New-MdtApplicationFolder.ps1:52 char:26
+                 New-Item @params | Out-Null
+                          ~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-Item], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

Failure Information (for bugs)

PS C:\Windows\system32> Import-VcMdtApplication -VcList $VcList -MdtPath "C:\MDTBuildLab" -Verbose
VERBOSE: Get MDT details from registry at: HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Deployment 4
VERBOSE: Loading MDT module from: C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\.
VERBOSE: Loading module from path 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\bin\MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit.psd1'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Add-MDTPersistentDrive'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Disable-MDTMonitorService'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Enable-MDTMonitorService'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Get-MDTDeploymentShareStatistics'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Get-MDTMonitorData'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Get-MDTOperatingSystemCatalog'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Get-MDTPersistentDrive'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Import-MDTApplication'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Import-MDTDriver'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Import-MDTOperatingSystem'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Import-MDTPackage'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Import-MDTTaskSequence'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'New-MDTDatabase'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Remove-MDTMonitorData'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Remove-MDTPersistentDrive'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Restore-MDTPersistentDrive'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Set-MDTMonitorData'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Test-MDTDeploymentShare'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Test-MDTMonitorData'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Update-MDTDatabaseSchema'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Update-MDTDeploymentShare'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Update-MDTLinkedDS'.
VERBOSE: Importing cmdlet 'Update-MDTMedia'.
VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Mapping" on target "C:\MDTBuildLab".
VERBOSE: Found MDT drive: DS001
VERBOSE: Restoring drive 'DS001' with path 'C:\MDTBuildLab'
VERBOSE: Deployment share at 'C:\MDTBuildLab' opened successfully.
VERBOSE: Restoring drive 'DS002' with path 'C:\MDTProduction'
VERBOSE: Deployment share at 'C:\MDTProduction' opened successfully.
VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Create" on target "VcRedists".
WARNING: Failed to create folder: VcRedists, with: A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Comments'.
New-Item : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'Comments'.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\VcRedist\4.1.484\Private\New-MdtApplicationFolder.ps1:52 char:26
+                 New-Item @params | Out-Null
+                          ~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-Item], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand

If it is not a bug, please remove the rest of this template.

Steps to Reproduce

Just follow the examples from: https://vcredist.com/import-vcmdtapplication/

Context

Please provide any relevant information about your setup. This is important in case the issue is not reproducible except for under certain conditions.

• VcRedist Version: 4.1.484
• PowerShell Version:

Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
5      1      17763  3770

• Operating System: Windows Server 2019

[xenadmin]

I compared different environments, and noticed that the command:
Import-VcMdtApplication -VcList $VcList -MdtPath $MdtPath -Verbose
somehow seems to need the DS099 drive. So I created it manually before executing the command:

Import-Module "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Deployment Toolkit\bin\MicrosoftDeploymentToolkit.psd1"
New-PSDrive -Name "DS099" -PSProvider MDTProvider -Root "C:\MDTBuildLab"

and everything starting working once again. I'm not sure why and what I did here. Maybe you know if this is a bug or an error from my side? You can decide if this needs fixing in the code, or if it was a mistake from me, and it can be closed.

I leave it here, if someone else ever searches for this specific error.

[aaronparker]

The code probably needs some better error checking for multiple MDT drives.