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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"preferences file does not support $env: variables","articleBody":"Expected behavior\n-----------------\n\n```PowerShell\n# # PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1\n# @{\n#    CustomRulePath = \"rules.psm1\"\n# }\nInvoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path .\\test.ps1 -Settings ./PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1\n```\noutputs: (correct)\n```none\nRuleName                            Severity     ScriptName Line  Message\n--------                            --------     ---------- ----  -------\nPSAvoidInvokeSomething              Warning      test.ps1   1     The command 'Invoke-Something' should not be used. Please\n                                                                  use 'Invoke-SomethingElse' instead\n```\n\n\nActual behavior\n---------------\n```powershell\n# # PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1\n# @{\n#    CustomRulePath = \"$PSScriptRoot/rules.psm1\"\n# }\nInvoke-ScriptAnalyzer -Path .\\test.ps1 -Settings ./PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1\n```\n\nOutputs:\n```none\nInvoke-ScriptAnalyzer: Value in the settings hashtable should be a string or an array of strings: line 2 column 22 in file [...]\\Powershell\\PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1\n```\n\nReasoning\n----------------\naccording to this [article](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_language_modes?view=powershell-7.5\u0026viewFallbackFrom=powershell-6#restricted-language-restrictedlanguage), \n\n\u003eModule manifests are loaded in RestrictedLanguage mode and may use these additional variables:\n\u003e    $PSScriptRoot\n\u003e    $PSEdition\n\u003e    $EnabledExperimentalFeatures\n\u003e    Any environment variable, like $env:TEMP\n\nrelative file paths CustomRulePath for my environment\nwere resolving relative to the cwd instead of relative to the settings.file in neovim. the \n./rules.psm1 and rules.psm1 were not resolving correctly.\n\n`~/.../Powershell/PSScriptAnalyzerSettings.psd1`\nwhere '~' expands to HOMEDIR does work\n\nEnvironment data\n----------------\n\n\u003c!-- Provide the output of the following 2 commands --\u003e\n\n```PowerShell\n\u003e $PSVersionTable\nName                           Value\n----                           -----\nPSVersion                      7.5.2\nPSEdition                      Core\nGitCommitId                    7.5.2\nOS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26100\nPlatform                       Win32NT\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\n\u003e (Get-Module -ListAvailable PSScriptAnalyzer).Version | ForEach-Object { $_.ToString() }\n1.24.0\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/eissar","@type":"Person","name":"eissar"},"datePublished":"2025-08-23T23:19:26.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":0},"url":"https://github.com/2126/PSScriptAnalyzer/issues/2126"}