Hi, long time PSADT user here (since 2017). I've been working on my move from v3 to v4.x for a while now, testing all the v4 releases up to the current version 4.1.3 and was just waiting for the most stable release before going "live". I get an exception error/access denied message (see below) when trying to use Show-ADTBalloonTip.
I've wasn't planning on using Show-ADTBalloonTip in v4 but as there is a new "-Force" switch in 4.1.3 I thought that might be especially useful when the 'Auto' deploy mode runs the deployment silently when no process are running, giving us option to at least show toasts as an indication of when the deployment has completed. Of course SCCM/Intune can show notifications, but we tend to set that to only show notifications for restarts and I've always been happy with v3 displaying toasts.
For my test I'm running a powershell prompt as the SYSTEM account via psexec, whilst I'm logged on to Windows 11 as non-admin user account.
For trouble-shooting, if I open a powershell prompt with a local-admin account (whilst logged in to Windows with my standard user account) and run the script, Show-ADTBalloonTip runs fine.
For testing, I've kept it nice and simple:
Show-ADTBalloonTip -BalloonTipTitle 'MyTitle' -BalloonTipText 'my Text' -Force
I've tried with and without -Force, and different deploy modes.
We have a lot of GPO best-practice security baselines policies, along with AppLocker etc. So to rule that out I'm now testing on a Win11 dev build that Microsoft provide in Hyper-V, so it's a completely vanilla standalone environment. The error is the same.
On a different note, what's with the reference to a D: drive? It's like the script unpacks and mounts a temporary drive to work from. I'd be interested to hear more about that from the PSADT team.
I look forward to hearing your thoughts on this and many thanks in advance.
[2025-08-28T01:57:07.8336646-07:00] [Post-Install] [Show-ADTBalloonTip] [Info] :: Displaying balloon tip notification with message [my Text].
[2025-08-28T01:57:08.2356636-07:00] [Post-Install] [Show-ADTBalloonTip] [Error] :: Exception calling "ShowBalloonTip" with "1" argument(s): "The client process returned an exception."
Error Record:
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Message : Exception calling "ShowBalloonTip" with "1" argument(s): "The client process returned an exception."
InnerException : PSADT.ClientServer.ServerException: The client process returned an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'PSADT.AccountManagement.AccountUtilities' threw an exception. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied
at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.OpenProcess(Int32 processId, Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessHandle(Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.OpenProcessHandle(Int32 access)
at PSADT.Security.PrivilegeManager.GetPrivileges() in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\Security\PrivilegeManager.cs:line 113
at PSADT.AccountManagement.AccountUtilities..cctor() in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\AccountManagement\AccountUtilities.cs:line 175
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at PSADT.UserInterface.DialogManager.ShowBalloonTip(BalloonTipOptions options) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT.UserInterface\DialogManager.cs:line 259
at PSADT.ClientServer.ClientExecutable.ShowBalloonTip(IReadOnlyDictionary`2 arguments) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT.ClientServer.Client\ClientExecutable.cs:line 562
at PSADT.ClientServer.ClientExecutable.EnterClientServerMode(ReadOnlyDictionary`2 arguments) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT.ClientServer.Client\ClientExecutable.cs:line 381
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at PSADT.ClientServer.ServerInstance.Invoke[T](String command) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT.ClientServer.Server\ServerInstance.cs:line 688
at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Object , Object , Object )
FullyQualifiedErrorId : ServerException,Show-ADTBalloonTip
ScriptStackTrace : at Private:Invoke-ADTClientServerOperation, C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 1313
at Show-ADTBalloonTip<Process>, C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 17153
at Install-ADTDeployment, C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 236
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 394
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PositionMessage : At C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1:236 char:5
+ Show-ADTBalloonTip -BalloonTipTitle 'MyTitle' -BalloonTipText 'my ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[2025-08-28T01:57:08.3166621-07:00] [Post-Install] [Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1] [Error] :: An unhandled error within [Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1] has occurred.
Error Record:
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Message : Exception calling "ShowBalloonTip" with "1" argument(s): "The client process returned an exception."
InnerException : PSADT.ClientServer.ServerException: The client process returned an exception. ---> System.TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'PSADT.AccountManagement.AccountUtilities' threw an exception. ---> System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception: Access is denied
at System.Diagnostics.ProcessManager.OpenProcess(Int32 processId, Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessHandle(Int32 access, Boolean throwIfExited)
at System.Diagnostics.Process.OpenProcessHandle(Int32 access)
at PSADT.Security.PrivilegeManager.GetPrivileges() in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\Security\PrivilegeManager.cs:line 113
at PSADT.AccountManagement.AccountUtilities..cctor() in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT\AccountManagement\AccountUtilities.cs:line 175
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at PSADT.UserInterface.DialogManager.ShowBalloonTip(BalloonTipOptions options) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT.UserInterface\DialogManager.cs:line 259
at PSADT.ClientServer.ClientExecutable.ShowBalloonTip(IReadOnlyDictionary`2 arguments) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT.ClientServer.Client\ClientExecutable.cs:line 562
at PSADT.ClientServer.ClientExecutable.EnterClientServerMode(ReadOnlyDictionary`2 arguments) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT.ClientServer.Client\ClientExecutable.cs:line 381
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at PSADT.ClientServer.ServerInstance.Invoke[T](String command) in D:\a\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit\src\PSADT\PSADT.ClientServer.Server\ServerInstance.cs:line 688
at CallSite.Target(Closure , CallSite , Object , Object , Object )
FullyQualifiedErrorId : ServerException,Show-ADTBalloonTip
ScriptStackTrace : at Private:Invoke-ADTClientServerOperation, C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 1313
at Show-ADTBalloonTip<Process>, C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\PSAppDeployToolkit\PSAppDeployToolkit.psm1: line 17153
at Install-ADTDeployment, C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 236
at <ScriptBlock>, C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1: line 394
at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1
PositionMessage : At C:\Temp\MyTestPackage\Invoke-AppDeployToolkit.ps1:236 char:5
+ Show-ADTBalloonTip -BalloonTipTitle 'MyTitle' -BalloonTipText 'my ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
[2025-08-28T01:57:08.3796640-07:00] [Finalization] [Close-ADTInstallationProgress] [Info] :: Closing the installation progress dialog.
[2025-08-28T01:57:08.5006648-07:00] [Finalization] [Close-ADTClientServerProcess] [Info] :: Closing user client/server process.
[2025-08-28T01:57:08.7978474-07:00] [Finalization] [Close-ADTSession] [Error] :: [Microsoft_Orca_4.0.6001.0000] install completed in [9.2002274] seconds with exit code [60001].
