René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"COM objects are not enumerating properly","articleBody":"Repro\r\n------\r\nOpen a File Explorer window first if you find $w.Count is 0\r\n```\r\nPSv6\u003e $s = New-Object -ComObject \"Shell.Application\"\r\nPSv6\u003e $w = $s.Windows()\r\nPSv6\u003e $w.Count\r\n1\r\nPSv6\u003e $w  ## dump $w, and powershell should enumerate $w to unwrap the collection\r\n```\r\nExpected Behavior\r\n--------------------\r\n$w is unwrapped and the contained items are dumpped out (PSv5 behavior)\r\n```\r\nApplication          : System.__ComObject\r\nParent               : System.__ComObject\r\nContainer            :\r\nDocument             : System.__ComObject\r\nTopLevelContainer    : True\r\nType                 :\r\nLeft                 : -32000\r\nTop                  : -32000\r\nWidth                : 160\r\nHeight               : 28\r\nLocationName         : 6.0.0-beta1\r\nLocationURL          : file:///D:/PowerShell/6.0.0-beta1\r\nBusy                 : False\r\nName                 : File Explorer\r\nHWND                 : 923136\r\nFullName             : C:\\WINDOWS\\Explorer.EXE\r\nPath                 : C:\\WINDOWS\\\r\nVisible              : True\r\nStatusBar            : False\r\nStatusText           :\r\nToolBar              : 1\r\nMenuBar              : False\r\nFullScreen           : False\r\nReadyState           : 4\r\nOffline              : False\r\nSilent               : False\r\nRegisterAsBrowser    : False\r\nRegisterAsDropTarget : True\r\nTheaterMode          : False\r\nAddressBar           : True\r\nResizable            : True\r\n```\r\n\r\nActual Behavior\r\n-----------------\r\n```\r\nCount\r\n-----\r\n    2\r\n```\r\n\r\nEnvironment\r\n--------------\r\n```\r\nPSv6\u003e $PSVersionTable\r\n\r\nName                           Value\r\n----                           -----\r\nPSVersion                      6.0.0-beta\r\nPSEdition                      Core\r\nBuildVersion                   3.0.0.0\r\nCLRVersion\r\nGitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.1\r\nOS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.15063\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\r\nAdditional Observation\r\n-------------------------\r\nThe problem appears to be this:\r\n```\r\nPSv6\u003e  $w._NewEnum()\r\nAn error occurred while enumerating through a collection: Could not load type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IEnumerator' from assembly 'System.Private.CoreLib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral,\r\nPublicKeyToken=7cec85d7bea7798e'..\r\nAt line:1 char:2\r\n+  $w._NewEnum()\r\n+  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~\r\n    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (System.__ComObject:__ComObject) [], RuntimeException\r\n    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : BadEnumeration\r\n```","author":{"url":"https://github.com/jpsnover","@type":"Person","name":"jpsnover"},"datePublished":"2017-05-12T15:50:06.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/3775/PowerShell/issues/3775"}