cannot add a snippet

  • I would like to add following snipped

    function get-msiinfo
<#
.SYNOPSIS
funktion to get MSI details
.DESCRIPTION
get ProductCode, ProductVersion, ProductName
.PARAMETER $Path
specifies the path of MSI file
.PARAMETER $Property
Properies can be specified for ProductCode, ProductVersion, ProductName
.EXAMPLE
get-msiinfo -Path C:\temp\file.msi -Property ProductCode
get-msiinfo -Path C:\temp\file.msi -Property ProductVersion
get-msiinfo -Path C:\temp\file.msi -Property ProductName
#>
    {
    [CmdletBinding()]
    param(
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [IO.FileInfo]$Path,
        [parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
        [ValidateSet("ProductCode","ProductVersion","ProductName")]
        [string]$Property
        )
    try {
        $WindowsInstaller = New-Object -ComObject WindowsInstaller.Installer
        $MSIDatabase = $WindowsInstaller.GetType().InvokeMember("OpenDatabase","InvokeMethod",$Null,$WindowsInstaller,@($Path.FullName,0))
        $Query = "SELECT Value FROM Property WHERE Property = '$($Property)'"
        $View = $MSIDatabase.GetType().InvokeMember("OpenView","InvokeMethod",$null,$MSIDatabase,($Query))
        $View.GetType().InvokeMember("Execute", "InvokeMethod", $null, $View, $null)
        $Record = $View.GetType().InvokeMember("Fetch","InvokeMethod",$null,$View,$null)
        $Value = $Record.GetType().InvokeMember("StringData","GetProperty",$null,$Record,1)
        return $Value
        }
    catch {
        Write-Output $_.Exception.Message
        }
    }

    The error appearing shows following:

    Access denied by security policy
    Your request is blocked by a security policy rule.

    What causes the error.

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