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.SelectSingleNode in Powershell script using xPath not working on extracting values from web.config file

Your XML file has a namespace: <configuration xmlns=”http://schemas.microsoft.com/.NetConfiguration/v2.0″> so you need a namespace manager for SelectSingleNode (see section “Remarks”): XPath expressions can include namespaces. Namespace resolution is supported using the XmlNamespaceManager. If the XPath expression includes a prefix, the prefix and namespace URI pair must be added to the XmlNamespaceManager. Something like this should work: … Read more

SelectSingleNode returns null when tag contains xmlNamespace

You should use an XmlNamespaceManager in your call to SelectSingleNode(): XmlNamespaceManager ns = new XmlNamespaceManager(xmldoc.NameTable); ns.AddNamespace(“msbld”, “http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003”); XmlNode node = xmldoc.SelectSingleNode(“//msbld:Compile”, ns);