Error with StartProcess and az command

[damienmartel2]

Description

In a powershell task i am using the code :

    if ($ok) {
        $arg = "artifacts universal publish --organization `"$OrganizationUrl`" --project `"$Project`" --scope project --feed `"$Feed`" --name `"$Name`" --version `"$Version`" --description `"$Description`" --path `"$ArtifactPath`" "
        $process = Start-Process -NoNewWindow -FilePath "az" -ArgumentList $arg -Wait -PassThru 
        if ($process.ExitCode -ne 0) {
            $ok = $false   
            $errorMessage = "Error $($process.ExitCode) occurred executing az `"$ArtifactPath`""
            Trace-Report -Message $errorMessage -Color Red
            Throw $errorMessage 
        }
    }

Without changes the pipeline now fails with this error

Start-Process : This command cannot be run due to the error: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
At C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\MSBuildTools\0.1.3\MSBuildTools.psm1:527 char:20
+ ...  $process = Start-Process -NoNewWindow -FilePath "az" -ArgumentList $ ...

It seems to have an issue with the command az...

Platforms affected

• [X] Azure DevOps
• [ ] GitHub Actions

Runner images affected

• [ ] Ubuntu 18.04
• [ ] Ubuntu 20.04
• [ ] Ubuntu 22.04
• [ ] macOS 10.15
• [ ] macOS 11
• [ ] macOS 12
• [X] Windows Server 2019
• [ ] Windows Server 2022

Image version and build link

20220911.1

Is it regression?

yes it worked with 20220905.1

Expected behavior

The command is ok or an error message or an alternative

Actual behavior

The command fails

Repro steps

• Create a pipeline executed on the runner image version 20220911.1

• create a powershell task inline with comand : $arg = "account list" $process = Start-Process -NoNewWindow -FilePath "az" -ArgumentList $arg -Wait -PassThru

you will have the error

[al-cheb]

Hey @damienmartel2.

az is a powershell script now:

PS > Get-Content (Get-Command az).Source
$env:AZ_INSTALLER="MSI"
& "$PSScriptRoot\..\python.exe" -IBm azure.cli $args

az account list - should work

[damienmartel2]

Ok the problem is Azure Cli has been updated and so now there is an az.ps1 so i need to make "az.cmd" in order to continue to call the good program...

[damienmartel2]

sorry @al-cheb i didn't show your answer. It's exactly that ;) thanks