From 9cacb37eb3bcedaf45d300f90ed2400647dbfddd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: anamnavi <anam.naviyou@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:12:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] conditionally specify InnerException as it may be null

---
 src/code/InstallHelper.cs | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/code/InstallHelper.cs b/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
index 16dcda959..8d1f54ca0 100644
--- a/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
+++ b/src/code/InstallHelper.cs
@@ -1270,10 +1270,12 @@ private bool TryMoveInstallContent(string tempInstallPath, ScopeType scope, Hash
                 }
                 catch (Exception e)
                 {
+                    var psException = e.InnerException == null ?
+                        new PSInvalidOperationException(message: $"Unable to successfully install package '{pkgName}': '{e.Message}'") :
+                        new PSInvalidOperationException(message: $"Unable to successfully install package '{pkgName}': '{e.Message}'", innerException: e);
+
                     _cmdletPassedIn.WriteError(new ErrorRecord(
-                        new PSInvalidOperationException(
-                            message: $"Unable to successfully install package '{pkgName}': '{e.Message}'",
-                            innerException: e),
+                        psException,
                         "InstallPackageFailed",
                         ErrorCategory.InvalidOperation,
                         _cmdletPassedIn));