Can PowerShell trap errors in GetChildItem and continue looping?

have you used silentlycontinue?

foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorAction silentlycontinue) {
    ...
}

How about Inquire?

foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorAction Inquire) {
...
}

Maybe open up a second PS window to troubleshoot the error then continue the command in the first PS window by selecting Y for continue.

You can also use ErrorVariable

foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorVariable a) {
...
}

Get-Variable a or $a will show you all the errors incurred by the command. You can also use +variablename (+a) to add errors to an existing variable.

foreach($file in Get-ChildItem $dirRoot -Recurse -ErrorVariable +a) {
...
}

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