Re : Powershell does NOT return errorcode to CMD file thats invoking PS

Question

Hello there,
I am trying to return the exit code from PS back to CMD file that invokes the PS. Funny thing is PS does print exit code as 1 but CMD files still shows errorlevel as 0..... not sure what is causing it. The catch block in PS , I attempted to make generic
and seems catch the exception correctly and is also printing the errorcode as 1 in PS. but upon exit 1 in PS , CMD file still shows %ERRORCODE% as 0 !
Appreciate suggestions on this.
CMD File
:DBLOGIN
CALL login.cmd username
if %errorlevel% == 1 goto badend
SET PWORD=%PASS_WORD%
:ADLOGIN
CALL AD_login.cmd %5
if %errorlevel% == 1 goto badend
SET AD_PWORD=%AD_PASS_WORD%
SET PS_DIR=%1
SET ROOT_DIR=%2
SET UNAME=%3
SET CONNSTR=%4
SET ELE_UNAME=%5
SET GROUPNAME=%6
SET GROUPDOMAINNAME=%7
SET DIR=%8
d:
cd %ROOT_DIR%
%PS_DIR% -File "%ROOT_DIR%\adsync.ps1" %UNAME% %PWORD% %CONNSTR% %ELE_UNAME% %AD_PWORD% %GROUPNAME% %GROUPDOMAINNAME% %DIR% 2>&1 | more
echo error level is %ERRORLEVEL%
if %ERRORLEVEL% NEQ 0 GOTO badend
GOTO ENDPROC
:badend
REM BAD END %ERRORLEVEL%
@ECHO OFF & ECHO. & DATE /T & TIME /T & ECHO. & @ECHO ON
exit /B 55
:ENDPROC
REM ACCEPTABLE RETURN CODE FOUND
REM Error Level - %ERRORLEVEL%
@ECHO OFF & ECHO. & DATE /T & TIME /T & ECHO. & @ECHO ON
EXIT /B 0
The powershell code is : 
Import-Module ActiveDirectory
$returncode =0;
try
$forestName = ([System.DirectoryServices.ActiveDirectory.Forest]::GetCurrentForest()).Name
$ADsPath = [ADSI]"GC://$forestName"
$Search = New-Object System.DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher($ADsPath)
$OraClientDir=$args[7];
echo $OraClientDir;
[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("$($OraClientDir)Oracle.DataAccess.dll")
$DBUserName=$args[0];
$DBPassword=$args[1];
$DBSourceName=$args[2];
$eleuser=$args[3];
echo $eleuser;
$elepword=ConvertTo-SecureString -String $args[4] -AsPlainText -Force;
echo $elepword;
$Credentials=New-Object -TypeName System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $eleuser,$elepword;
echo $Credentials;
$ADGroupName=$args[5];
echo $ADGroupName;
$ADGroupServerName=$args[6];
echo $ADGroupServerName;
$ADGroupServerString="$($ADGroupName) -server ""$($ADGroupServerName)""" ;
echo $ADGroupServerString;
Write-Host \n;
echo " Start time is : $(Get-Date -format "yyyy:MM:dd hh:mm:ss:tt") ";
$con=New-Object Oracle.DataAccess.Client.OracleConnection("Data Source=$DBSourceName;User Id=$DBUserName;Password=$DBPassword")
$con.open()
$cmd=$con.CreateCommand()
$cmd.CommandText="SELECT blah blah SQL"
$rdr=$cmd.ExecuteReader()
$found= $false;
$counter=0;
$counterNew=0;
$group=Get-ADGroup $ADGroupName -server $ADGroupServerName;
$members = @()
Get-ADGroupMember -Identity $group | Select-Object -ExpandProperty sAMAccountName |ForEach-Object {$members += $_};
$path="\logs\log_$(Get-Date -format yyyy_MM_dd_hh_mm_ss_tt).log";
Write-Host "The total members in group " $group " are " $members.length;
Add-Content -Path $path -Value ("The total members in group " + $group + " are " + $members.length ) -Force;
while ($rdr.Read())
for ($i=0;$i -lt $rdr.FieldCount ; $i++)
$found= $false;
$s=$rdr.GetValue($i);
$Search.Filter = "(&(objectCategory=User)(SamAccountName=$s))"
if ($Search.FindAll().Count -eq 0)
Add-Content -Path $path -Value "The user $s does NOT exists in AD global catalog" -Force;
Write-Host "The user : " $s "does NOT exists in AD global catalog" ;
$counter++;
else {
try {
foreach ($res in $Search.FindAll())
$User = $res.GetDirectoryEntry();
Add-Content -Path $path -Value ("The user " + $User.SamAccountName + " Found in AD global catalog") -Force;
Write-Host "The user distinguished name is : " $User.DistinguishedName " Found in AD global catalog" ;
$DC = $User.DistinguishedName.ToString();
$DCString = $DC.SubString($DC.IndexOf("DC="));
$FQDN = $DCString.replace("DC=","").replace(",",".");
# Add-Content -Path $path -Value $FQDN -Force;
$found = $true;
if ( ($found) -and ($members -notcontains $s))
$checkuser= Get-ADUser $User.SamAccountName.ToString() -Server $FQDN ;
Add-ADGroupMember $group -Members $checkuser -Server $ADGroupServerName -Credential $Credentials;
Add-Content -Path $path -Value ("Added user: " + $User.SamAccountName ) -Force ;
Write-Host "Added user: " $User.SamAccountName;
$counterNew++;
} catch [Exception] {
Write-Host $_.Exception.Message "is inner catch";
$returncode =1;
Add-Content -Path $path -Value "Total of : $counterNew users users have been added " -Force;
Write-Host "Total of : $counterNew users users have been added to AD Group";
Add-Content -Path $path -Value "Total of : $counter users do NOT exist in Windows AD global catalog";
Write-Host "Total of : $counter users do NOT exist in Windows AD global catalog";
catch [Exception] {
Write-Host $_.Exception.Message "is outer catch";
$returncode =1;
Write-Host \n;
echo " End time is : $(Get-Date -format "yyyy:MM:dd hh:mm:ss:tt") ";
Write-Host "value of return code is " $returncode;
exit $returncode;

Answer 1

Maybe the webpages below can help someone compose a workaround
https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/750653/powershell-exe-doesn-t-return-correct-exit-codes-when-using-the-file-option
https://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/details/750653/powershell-exe-doesn-t-return-correct-exit-codes-when-using-the-file-option#