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Powershell WebAdministration IF Statement with value "False" not working as expected

February 2, 2022

I’m not sure what I’m missing. This powershell seems to be working the opposite of what I expect. Anyone know why?

$loadUserProfileValue = Get-ItemProperty "IIS:\AppPools\.net v4.5" -Name processModel.loadUserProfile.Value
    Write-Host "Value: $loadUserProfileValue"
    IF ($loadUserProfileValue -eq "False") {
            Write-Host "Since Load User Profile is False, we will now set it to True"}

Here is my Output when Load User Profile is True

Value: True
Since Load User Profile is False, we will now set it to True

Here is my output when Load User Profile is False

Value: False

The value is being picked up correctly.
The variable $loadUserProfileValue is correct.
The IF Statement is working opposite of what I’m expecting.

I can swap it to be -ne "True" and it seems to work… but why does -eq "False" NOT work?

>Solution :

In PowerShell you use the Boolean data type like this: True = $true and False = $false.

In your case you have to change False to $false

$loadUserProfileValue = Get-ItemProperty "IIS:\AppPools\.net v4.5" -Name processModel.loadUserProfile.Value
Write-Host "Value: $loadUserProfileValue"
IF ($loadUserProfileValue -eq $false) {
        Write-Host "Since Load User Profile is False, we will now set it to True"}

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