Returned From The Server Powershell | A Referral Was

The fix? Use the target path directly, or force the referral with net use or New-PSDrive -Persist . Some admins jokingly call it “PowerShell playing hard to get.”

PowerShell, unlike the old File Explorer, doesn’t automatically follow that referral. It just reports the server’s note verbatim — like a postal worker handing back a letter saying, “Try the other post office.” a referral was returned from the server powershell

You run a simple PowerShell command — maybe Get-ChildItem \\fileserver\share — expecting a list of folders. Instead, PowerShell hisses back: “A referral was returned from the server.” It’s cryptic. Not quite an error, not quite success. A referral? Did the server just hand you a business card? The fix

In PowerShell’s world, this happens with DFS (Distributed File System). You asked for \\domain\namespace\share , but the server says: “Oh, that’s not really here. Talk to \\fileserver02\share instead.” It just reports the server’s note verbatim —