Cannot figure out why my Powershell script is getting permission errors - powershell

Question

I cannot figure out why im getting permission errors, even though im running the script as a Domain Admin, which is in the full control group on the files/folders im trying to delete. UAC is not enabled on the pc the script is running from. I get the same errors no matter if i use enter-PSsession to the file server itself.
Its got to be how i approached the solution...ive tried other scripts that im not experienced enough to edit, they used a try/catch method with get-wmiobject and then .delete() command, and that script worked great...with no permission problems, it deletes profiles like a charm...and thats with the same credentials as my homemade script...So i really feel its not a true credential problem, and more to do with a shortcoming of the way im using the remove-item cmdlet.
here is my script...its my first homemade, not copy/pasted script, so feel free to point out the obvious bad practices... here is the script, and the errors will be below. The way i wrote this script is to try each individual command separately, then tie them together, that may be why some of it may be redundant.
##This process deletes ntuser.dat files and user profile folders
$users = (Read-Host "Enter each user (separate with comma)").split(',') | % {$_.trim()}
foreach ($user in $users) {
$datfile = "ntuser.dat"
$servers = Get-Content C:\servers.txt
$path1 = "\\fileserver\d$\TSEProfiles\$user.DOMAIN"
$path2 = "\\fileserver\d$\TSEProfiles\$user.DOMAIN.V2"
## Checks for ntuser.dat file in specified folders, if true, delete.
## Checking 4 locations on fileserver
If (Test-Path \\fileserver\d$\TSEProfiles\$user.DOMAIN\$datfile){
Remove-Item $path1\$datfile -recurse -force
}
if (Test-Path \\fileserver\d$\TSEProfiles\$user.DOMAIN.V2\$datfile){
Remove-Item $path2\$datfile -recurse -force
}
If (Test-Path \\fileserver\d$\roamingprofiles\$user.DOMAIN\$datfile){
Remove-Item $path1\$datfile -recurse -force
}
If (Test-Path \\fileserver\d$\roamingprofiles\$user.DOMAIN.V2\$datfile){
Remove-Item $path2\$datfile -recurse -force
}
## Checking 8 locations, if true, delete.
foreach ($server in $servers) {
If (Test-Path \\$server\c$\users\$user -PathType Container){
Remove-Item \\$server\c$\users\$user -recurse -force
}
}
}
Remove-Item : Access to the path '\\APPS3\c$\users\realdomainuser\AppData\Local\Application Data' is denied.
At C:\Users\admin\Documents\zoink.ps1:35 char:2
+ Remove-Item \\$server\c$\users\$user -recurse -force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (\\APPS3\c$\users\realdomainuser:String) [Remove-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
Remove-Item : Access to the path '\\APPS4\c$\users\realdomainuser\AppData\Local\Application Data' is denied.
At C:\Users\admin\Documents\zoink.ps1:35 char:2
+ Remove-Item \\$server\c$\users\$user -recurse -force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (\\APPS4\c$\users\realdomainuser:String) [Remove-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand
django - THis is the delete profile output after running the local machine policy script. still getting auth errors.
Remove-Item : Access to the path '\\APPS7\c$\users\someuser\AppData\Local\Application Data' is denied.
At C:\Users\admin\Documents\zoink.ps1:35 char:2
+ Remove-Item \\$server\c$\users\$user -recurse -force
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : PermissionDenied: (\\APPS7\c$\users\someuser:String) [Remove-Item], UnauthorizedAccessException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : RemoveItemUnauthorizedAccessError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand

Answer 1

I once was having issues running scripts due to permissions on some of our Citrix VM's that didn't have powershell scripts running, however I was able to run bat files so I created a PS scripted wrapped inside a bat file.
echo "Killing IE"
powershell -Command "stop-process -processname iexplore"
While it is nowhere near an elegant solution it is an easy hack that serves it's purpose.

Answer 2

Try running this script. This is an example of permanently setting your local machine policy for scripts:
# SetExecutionPolicyToRemoteSigned.ps1
Write-Output "Setting local Powershell policy to RemoteSigned"
Write-Output ""
Set-ExecutionPolicy -scope CurrentUser Undefined -Force
#Set-ExecutionPolicy -scope Process Undefined -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy -scope LocalMachine Undefined -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy -scope CurrentUser RemoteSigned -Force
#Set-ExecutionPolicy -scope Process RemoteSigned -Force
Set-ExecutionPolicy -scope LocalMachine RemoteSigned -Force
Write-Output "Finished."
Get-ExecutionPolicy -list
Start-Sleep -s 10
It will result in the following output:
PS C:\Users\qa> Get-ExecutionPolicy -list
Scope ExecutionPolicy
----- ---------------
MachinePolicy Undefined
UserPolicy Undefined
Process RemoteSigned
CurrentUser RemoteSigned
LocalMachine RemoteSigned
Then, you can just run a script like this one without a policy prompt. Best of all, the policy should survive rebooting your system :
# Filename: Hello.ps1
Write-Host
Write-Host 'Hello World!'
Write-Host "Good-bye World! `n"
# end of script
And another example of running a script:
powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoLogo -NonInteractive -NoProfile
-WindowStyle Hidden -File script_name