Analyze Tool - AuthorizationManager check failed

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TCCDesktopOps
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Analyze Tool - AuthorizationManager check failed

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Product, version and build:PrimalScript 2020 v7.7.144.0, Primalscript is 64 bit ( couldn’t find this anywhere, but it is in “c:\program files” )
Operating system:Windows 10 64 bit version
PowerShell version(s):
PSVersion 5.1.17763.1490
PSEdition Desktop
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
BuildVersion 10.0.17763.1490
CLRVersion 4.0.30319.42000
WSManStackVersion 3.0
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1

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When clicking the “Analyze” button, I get the following in Tool output.
Starting Script Analyzer...
The following error occurred while loading the extended type data file:
Microsoft.PowerShell, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\PSScriptAnalyzer\1.19.1\ScriptAnalyzer.types.ps1xml: The file was skipped because of the following validation exception: AuthorizationManager check failed..
1 error(s), 0 warning(s)



I have never used the Analyze tool before, so I am unsure if it has ever worked.

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The following may be related or may be a totally separate issue. just adding here in case relevant.
I have autosign enabled as our policy is “AllSigned”. When saving files, I get the following message, not sure if it is related or a separate issue.
“PrimalScript - The specified file could not be signed. Error: ASN1 bad tag value met.”

I have checked my cert and it looks ok, doesn’t expire for a couple of years yet.
I run Primalscript as my admin account (run as while logged in as my standard account)
Signing has worked OK for the past few years, this only started erroring a couple of weeks ago. I recreated my user profile to see if that helped, but it didn’t.
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Re: Analyze Tool - AuthorizationManager check failed

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PSScriptAnalyzer is a tool supplied with PowerShell by default. PrimalScript simply makes it easier to call.
A quick google search reveals that the error message is common, regardless if script execution policy, if something went wrong in the authenticode system.
The first thing to try would be if you can run PSScriptanalyzer from a console. If you have problems with it, the module lives here: https://github.com/PowerShell/PSScriptAnalyzer

I have seen the ASN1 bad tag value before. It usually does not mean that there is anything wrong with your certificate. Please try to select a different time stamp server from the combobox
and see if that helps the issue.
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Re: Analyze Tool - AuthorizationManager check failed

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perfect, thankyou, got me going in the right direction and now have fixed both my issues.

for anyone else curious about the script analyzer.

Note the following did NOT work in an elevated powershell shell using runas with my corporate admin account, I had to actually log into the PC as admin, then open an elevated PS Shell.

from here - https://chocolatey.org/install, ran this command.
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))

then ran "choco install psscriptanalyzer" to install psscriptanalyzery

Once that is done, you can go back to being logged in with your normal account and as long as you run Primalscript with your admin account, it should work. I tested with my normal user account and got the same AuthorizationManager error as before.
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Re: Analyze Tool - AuthorizationManager check failed

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Good to hear. Thanks for the detailed instructions.
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Re: Analyze Tool - AuthorizationManager check failed

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bit more info for anyone who finds this. I found the issue reoccurred and the procedure that fixed it the first time didn't work again.
This time the following got it back (from https://www.interfacett.com/videos/use- ... lean-code/)

Get-Module -ListAvailable

# To find or install the PSScriptAnalyzer from the PSGallery, you need
# to install NuGET.
Install-PackageProvider –Name Nuget -Force

# Find the PSScriptAnalyzer module.
Find-Module -Name "PSScriptAnalyzer"

# Install the PSScriptAnalyzer module.
Install-Module -Name "PSScriptAnalyzer" -Force

# List the cmdlets in the PSScriptAnalyzer module. - this just shows that the cmdlets are available again.
Get-Command -Module PSScriptAnalyzer
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