why is powershell complaining about commented lines?

Question

I have the following comment in a powershell script:

#ERROR: Invoke-RestMethod : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.
#EXPLANATION: PowerShell calls uses TLS 1.0 for web requests by default. 
#             However, Exchange is expecting a higher level of TLS, so you need to tell PowerShell to use 1.2 instead of the default of TLS 1.0
​#SOLUTION(s): 
#             [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12

when i run the script i get this error:

s : The term 's' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the
spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At ps1:4 char:14
+ ​#SOLUTION(s):
+              ~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (s:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

why is it complaining about a comment?

if i remove (s) it then complains about SOLUTION itself...

Answer 1

You have it posted in your error log: + ​#SOLUTION(s):

There is a null character before the # in your code to the left of SOLUTION(s):, so it is reading the line into powershell. Just delete the row ​#SOLUTION(s): and retype it.

To check copy-and-paste the line into powershell console, should read out like below: