In powershell, is there a way to check if the path is valid regardless deny access?

in powershell, there way check if path valid regardless deny access?

i ran problem when tried verify unc path of \$servername\$sharename using powershell cmdlet "test-path" (see code below). cmdlet return "false" unc path although path exist (but has deny access group in place person ran "test-path").

test-path "\\$servername\$sharename"

i need way check if path exist or not regardless deny access group in place.

do have 1 liner (or small block of codes) in powershell resolve this?

indeed, jrv pointed out, need use -erroraction stop since error non terminating error.

while code in last reply working you, use improvement since assuming error occurs when running test-path on path interpreted path exists access denied.

a better way be, example:

[boolean]$pathexist = $false
try
{
    $pathexist = test-path $path -erroraction stop
}
catch
{
    if($_.exception.message -eq 'access denied')
    {
        $pathexist = $true
    }
    else
    {
        #handle error
    }
}

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