Error with UpdatePSData batch file

ivanm

Hello,

I'm trying to install Portfolio slicer on a new PC but keep getting the below errors:

C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer>echo off
Invoke-WebRequest : The response content cannot be parsed because the Internet Explorer engine is not available, or
Internet Explorer's first-launch configuration is not complete. Specify the UseBasicParsing parameter and try again.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:20 char:17
+ ... $wrCookie = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $urlCookie -SessionVariable webses ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotImplemented: (:) [Invoke-WebRequest], NotSupportedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletIEDomNotSupportedException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestComman
d

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:22 char:5
+ $crumbStart = $webCookie.IndexOf($crumbStr); if ($crumbStart -eq ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:23 char:5
+ $crumb = $webCookie.Substring($crumbStart+$crumbStr.Length,100); ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Exception calling "Substring" with "2" argument(s): "Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length"
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:25 char:5
+ $crumb = $crumb.Substring(0, $crumbEnd); # ================ At ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Invoke-WebRequest : The response content cannot be parsed because the Internet Explorer engine is not available, or
Internet Explorer's first-launch configuration is not complete. Specify the UseBasicParsing parameter and try again.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:20 char:17
+ ... $wrCookie = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $urlCookie -SessionVariable webses ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotImplemented: (:) [Invoke-WebRequest], NotSupportedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletIEDomNotSupportedException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestComman
d

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:22 char:5
+ $crumbStart = $webCookie.IndexOf($crumbStr); if ($crumbStart -eq ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:23 char:5
+ $crumb = $webCookie.Substring($crumbStart+$crumbStr.Length,100); ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Exception calling "Substring" with "2" argument(s): "Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length"
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:25 char:5
+ $crumb = $crumb.Substring(0, $crumbEnd); # ================ At ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Invoke-WebRequest : The response content cannot be parsed because the Internet Explorer engine is not available, or
Internet Explorer's first-launch configuration is not complete. Specify the UseBasicParsing parameter and try again.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:20 char:17
+ ... $wrCookie = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $urlCookie -SessionVariable webses ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotImplemented: (:) [Invoke-WebRequest], NotSupportedException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletIEDomNotSupportedException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestComman
d

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:22 char:5
+ $crumbStart = $webCookie.IndexOf($crumbStr); if ($crumbStart -eq ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:23 char:5
+ $crumb = $webCookie.Substring($crumbStart+$crumbStr.Length,100); ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull

Exception calling "Substring" with "2" argument(s): "Length cannot be less than zero.
Parameter name: length"
At C:\Users\ivanm\OneDrive\Portfolio Slicer\Scripts\GetQuotes-Yahoo.ps1:25 char:5
+ $crumb = $crumb.Substring(0, $crumbEnd); # ================ At ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : ArgumentOutOfRangeException

Could someone please help me to figure out what the problem may be. I've enabled Windows Powershell so am not sure why this is happening.

Thank you

Trenzalore

Your problem is that since this is a new PC, you most likely have not run Internet Explorer for the first time -- the error message says:
"blah, blah....Internet Explorer's first-launch configuration is not complete."

Run Internet Explorer, go through the first time run sequence, then you will be all set. FYI, just in case: MS EDGE is not Internet Explorer, you'll have to open the start menu, then start typing "Internet Explorer" and select it when it pops up.

ivanm

Thank you so much! That fixed the problem.