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Fixing the Vstest issue with Powershell GetItemProperty
vinayakmsft Nov 24, 2025
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adding vstest3 tasks updates
vinayakmsft Nov 24, 2025
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Tasks/VsTestV2/task.json
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"author": "Microsoft Corporation",
"version": {
"Major": 2,
"Minor": 261,
"Minor": 266,
"Patch": 0
},
"demands": [
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Tasks/VsTestV2/task.loc.json
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"author": "Microsoft Corporation",
"version": {
"Major": 2,
"Minor": 261,
"Minor": 266,
"Patch": 0
},
"demands": [
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26 changes: 11 additions & 15 deletions Tasks/VsTestV2/versionfinder.ts
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Expand Up @@ -17,26 +17,22 @@ export function getVsTestRunnerDetails(testConfig: models.TestConfigurations) {
return;
}

const vstestLocationEscaped = vstestexeLocation.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
const wmicTool = tl.tool('wmic');
const wmicArgs = ['datafile', 'where', 'name=\''.concat(vstestLocationEscaped, '\''), 'get', 'Version', '/Value'];
wmicTool.arg(wmicArgs);
let output = wmicTool.execSync({ silent: true } as tr.IExecSyncOptions).stdout;
// Use PowerShell Get-ItemProperty instead of deprecated wmic
const powershellTool = tl.tool('powershell');
const powershellArgs = ['-Command', `try { (Get-ItemProperty -Path '${vstestexeLocation}' -ErrorAction Stop).VersionInfo.FileVersion } catch { throw "Failed to get version info for ${vstestexeLocation}: $_" }`];
powershellTool.arg(powershellArgs);
let output = powershellTool.execSync({ silent: true } as tr.IExecSyncOptions).stdout;

if (utils.Helper.isNullOrWhitespace(output)) {
tl.error(tl.loc('ErrorReadingVstestVersion'));
throw new Error(tl.loc('ErrorReadingVstestVersion'));
}
output = output.trim();
tl.debug('VSTest Version information: ' + output);
const verSplitArray = output.split('=');
if (verSplitArray.length !== 2) {
tl.error(tl.loc('ErrorReadingVstestVersion'));
throw new Error(tl.loc('ErrorReadingVstestVersion'));
}

const versionArray = verSplitArray[1].split('.');
if (versionArray.length !== 4) {

// PowerShell returns version directly, no need to split by '='
const versionArray = output.split('.');
if (versionArray.length < 3) {
tl.warning(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionString', output));
throw new Error(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionString', output));
}
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ci.publishEvent({ testplatform: `${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}.${patchNumber}` });

if (isNaN(majorVersion) || isNaN(minorVersion) || isNaN(patchNumber)) {
tl.warning(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionNumber', verSplitArray[1]));
throw new Error(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionNumber', verSplitArray[1]));
tl.warning(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionNumber', output));
throw new Error(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionNumber', output));
}

switch (majorVersion) {
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"version": {
"Major": 3,
"Minor": 266,
"Patch": 0
"Patch": 1
},
"demands": [
"vstest"
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Tasks/VsTestV3/task.loc.json
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"version": {
"Major": 3,
"Minor": 266,
"Patch": 0
"Patch": 1
},
"demands": [
"vstest"
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26 changes: 11 additions & 15 deletions Tasks/VsTestV3/versionfinder.ts
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Expand Up @@ -17,26 +17,22 @@ export function getVsTestRunnerDetails(testConfig: models.TestConfigurations) {
return;
}

const vstestLocationEscaped = vstestexeLocation.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\');
const wmicTool = tl.tool('wmic');
const wmicArgs = ['datafile', 'where', 'name=\''.concat(vstestLocationEscaped, '\''), 'get', 'Version', '/Value'];
wmicTool.arg(wmicArgs);
let output = wmicTool.execSync({ silent: true } as tr.IExecSyncOptions).stdout;
// Use PowerShell Get-ItemProperty instead of deprecated wmic
const powershellTool = tl.tool('powershell');
const powershellArgs = ['-Command', `try { (Get-ItemProperty -Path '${vstestexeLocation}' -ErrorAction Stop).VersionInfo.FileVersion } catch { throw "Failed to get version info for ${vstestexeLocation}: $_" }`];
powershellTool.arg(powershellArgs);
let output = powershellTool.execSync({ silent: true } as tr.IExecSyncOptions).stdout;

if (utils.Helper.isNullOrWhitespace(output)) {
tl.error(tl.loc('ErrorReadingVstestVersion'));
throw new Error(tl.loc('ErrorReadingVstestVersion'));
}
output = output.trim();
tl.debug('VSTest Version information: ' + output);
const verSplitArray = output.split('=');
if (verSplitArray.length !== 2) {
tl.error(tl.loc('ErrorReadingVstestVersion'));
throw new Error(tl.loc('ErrorReadingVstestVersion'));
}

const versionArray = verSplitArray[1].split('.');
if (versionArray.length !== 4) {

// PowerShell returns version directly, no need to split by '='
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const versionArray = output.split('.');
if (versionArray.length < 3) {
tl.warning(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionString', output));
throw new Error(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionString', output));
}
Expand All @@ -48,8 +44,8 @@ export function getVsTestRunnerDetails(testConfig: models.TestConfigurations) {
ci.publishEvent({ testplatform: `${majorVersion}.${minorVersion}.${patchNumber}` });

if (isNaN(majorVersion) || isNaN(minorVersion) || isNaN(patchNumber)) {
tl.warning(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionNumber', verSplitArray[1]));
throw new Error(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionNumber', verSplitArray[1]));
tl.warning(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionNumber', output));
throw new Error(tl.loc('UnexpectedVersionNumber', output));
}

switch (majorVersion) {
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