How to clear $Error in PowerShell?

Question

Is there a way to clear the $Error variable that tracks errors in a PowerShell session?

If so, how do you do it?

I have tried: $error.clear

In the PowerShell ISE on Windows 7 and the $Error array is still populated.

Answer 1

Does PowerShell have a command you can run which always succeeds, thus clearing $Error? (true on *nix is one such program, to compare.)

Answer 2

It is a .NET method call so you need parens:

$error.clear()

Answer 3

$True

thats usually true. I dont know if you can set it to be false. I guess you might unless it's readonly. Ofc wouldnt recommend setting it to something else. Probably system-independent translations exist like if(1), but I wouldn't guarantee that.

if($True) {write-host "Foo!"}

then you can execute

if($False) {write-host "not"}