Download a msi file from Sharepoint

philipweissv8366 · 2020-09-29T15:46:58.000Z

I have an msi file stored on our sharepoint - I use the below command to run and it’s constantly giving me a “file not found” error. Any idea what I’m doing wrong? It looks like the unc to the file is just off but I can’t find the exact path.

Get-PnPFile -Url "/sites/IT/Shared Documents/Forms/phishalert.msi" -Path c:\temp -FileName phishalert.msi -AsFile

Neally · 2020-09-29T15:53:12.000Z

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philipweissv8366 · 2020-09-29T15:57:10.000Z

Apologies good sir. Done

Neally · 2020-09-29T15:58:17.000Z

philip.weissv:

it’s constantly giving me a “file not found” error

have you tried it without ‘-asfile’ ?
Do you have the right rights to access it ? I think it’s tenant admin ?
Have you tried to access it via WebDav?
Maybe try to replace all whitespaces with %20?

learn.microsoft.com

Supporting % and # in files and folders with the ResourcePath API

New APIs have been added to the SharePoint Online client object model (CSOM) surface to provide support for # and % characters.

Get-PnPFile -Url "/sites/IT/Shared%20Documents/Forms/phishalert.msi" -Path "c:\temp" -FileName "phishalert.msi"

brianswales · 2020-09-29T16:03:40.000Z

Did you connect first?

Getting Started

Neally · 2020-09-29T16:04:10.000Z

was this ever working?

github.com/pnp/PnP-PowerShell

[Copy-PnPFile] command throws error "File Not Found"

opened 09:41PM - 27 May 19 UTC

closed 07:58AM - 16 Jul 19 UTC

NerijusV

Needs: Triage

### Reporting an Issue Getting error "File not found" while trying to copy file… to target location using command `Copy-PnPFile`. ### Expected behavior File specified in parameter `SourceUrl` should be succesfully copied to target location specified in parameter `TargetUrl`. Note. This command was working earlier. ### Actual behavior Command throws errors like this: ``` Copy-PnPFile : File Not Found. at run.ps1: line 253 + Copy-PnPFile + ____________ + CategoryInfo : WriteError: (:) [Copy-PnPFile], ServerException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : EXCEPTION,SharePointPnP.PowerShell.Commands.Files.CopyFile ``` ### Steps to reproduce behavior 1. Connect to site using `Connect-PnPOnline` command; 1. Call command `Copy-PnPFile`. Specify server relative URL of file as parameter `-SourceUrl`. Specify server relative URL of destination folder as parameter `TargetUrl`. Example: ``` copy-pnpfile -SourceUrl "/sites/a1/Shared Documents/Document 1.docx" -TargetUrl "/sites/a1/Shared Documents/dest" ``` Note. This error is thrown when copying to different sites/site collections ALSO. ### Which version of the PnP-PowerShell Cmdlets are you using? - [ ] PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2013 - [ ] PnP PowerShell for SharePoint 2016 - [ x ] PnP PowerShell for SharePoint Online ### What is the version of the Cmdlet module you are running? (you can retrieve this by executing ```Get-Module -Name *pnppowershell* -ListAvailable```) - master branch build; - version 3.9.1905.3 - earlier versions also; ### How did you install the PnP-PowerShell Cmdlets? - [ ] MSI Installed downloaded from GitHub - [ x ] Installed through the PowerShell Gallery with Install-Module - [ ] Other means

I guess make sure you also have the latest version of the module.

philipweissv8366 · 2020-10-08T17:18:54.000Z

This was a “bug” with powershell and sharepoint. The following command worked for me.

invoke-webrequest -uri "https://domain.sharepoint.com/:u:/s/IT/Ec5Ty9ULxwZDu8DzZm6xvPEBQYQmo44l7xAkCNJSBhxkqA?download=1" -outfile "c:\temp\phishAlert.msi"