Start-Transcript: This host does not support transcription

Question

I want to start a transcript on a Windows Server 2008 R2

Start-Transcript -path C:\\Temp\\test.txt
\"Hello!\"
Stop-Transcript

But PowerShe

Answer 1

The powershell.exe will also generate this error if there is a problem writing to the log file. For example, if the log file was created by an administrator and the user doesn't have permissions to overwrite the log.

Start-Transcript : The host is not currently transcribing.
At D:\Test1.ps1:9 char:1
+ Start-Transcript -Path "$Source\logs\Test.txt"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [Start-Transcript], PSInvalidOperationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidOperation,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.StartTranscriptCommand

A good solution is to try using -Append or to make the log file unique by generating a date/time stamp.

Start-Transcript -Path "$Source\logs\Test.txt" -Append

This way a proper error message is generated.

Access to the path 'D:\Test\logs\Test.txt' is denied.

-Force has the same effect as -Append and will generate a permissions error.