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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"Convert-ToSecureString fails on PS Core 7 Preview 4 - Previously working on PS Core 6.1 and WP 5.x","articleBody":"# Decrypt an encrypted password\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n\r\n            $KeyFile = \"$ENV:UserProfile\\.pass\\aes.key\"\r\n            $Key = Get-Content $KeyFile\r\n        $datafile = Join-Path -Path $PsScriptRoot -ChildPath 'encryptedthings.csv'\r\n\r\n        (import-csv $datafile) |\r\n            Foreach-Object {\r\n\r\n            if($_.AccountPassword)\r\n                {\r\n                    $Securestring = ConvertTo-SecureString $_.AccountPassword -Key $key\r\n                    $BSTR = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::SecureStringToBSTR($Securestring)\r\n                    $DecryptedPassword = [System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal]::PtrToStringAuto($BSTR)\r\n                }\r\n            else {\r\n                $DecryptedPassword = ''\r\n            }\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Expected behavior\r\nThis code snippet works and has been working for some time on Windows PowerShell 5.x and PowerShell Core 6.x on OSX and Linux. \r\n\r\n```powershell\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Actual behavior\r\n\r\n```powershell\r\nConvertTo-SecureString : Input string was not in a correct format.\r\nAt C:\\Program Files\\PowerShell\\Modules\\mymodule\\0.0.0.2\\Public\\Get-stuff.ps1:53 char:37\r\n+ ...   $Securestring = ConvertTo-SecureString $_.AccountPassword -Key $key\r\n+                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n+ CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [ConvertTo-SecureString], FormatException\r\n+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.FormatException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ConvertToSecureStringCommand\r\n\r\n```\r\n\r\n# Environment data\r\n\r\n\u003c!-- provide the output of $PSVersionTable --\u003e\r\n\r\n```none\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      7.0.0-preview.4\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nGitCommitId                    7.0.0-preview.4\r\nOS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.18362\r\nPlatform                       Win32NT\r\nPSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}\r\nPSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3\r\nSerializationVersion           1.1.0.1\r\nWSManStackVersion              3.0\r\n```\r\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/johnmccrae","@type":"Person","name":"johnmccrae"},"datePublished":"2019-09-17T03:51:10.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":1},"url":"https://github.com/10561/PowerShell/issues/10561"}