Can't extract value of XML nodes with powershell

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I'm trying to extract some info from an xml file and update/create an app pool as needed. Here's the xml I'm reading in: ``` true Integrated v4.0 true ``` Here's what I'm trying to do with it: ``` #read in the xml $appPoolXml = [xml](Get-Content $file) #get the name of the app pool $name = $appPoolXml.appPool.name #iterate over the nodes and update the app pool $appPoolXml.appPool.ChildNodes | % { #this is where the problem exists set-itemproperty IIS:\AppPools\$name -name $_.Name -value $_.Value } ``` `$_.Name` returns the name of the node, (i.e. `enable32BitAppOnWin64`) which is correct, but the `.Value` property doesn't return anything. How do I extract the data I want?

Accepted Answer

Corrected answer:

You want `$_.'#text'` instead of `$_.Value`.

Consider this also, which uses the `InnerText` property on the `System.Xml.XmlElement` objects:

$xml.appPool.ChildNodes | % { $.Name; $.InnerText };

Can't extract value of XML nodes with powershell

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