PowerShell: throw error

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throw

the keyword throw exit the program and print an error. 

$x = 3
if (7 -ne $x) { throw "you got a problem" }

Write-Error

the cmdlet write-error print an error but continue running the program. 

$x = 3
if (7 -ne $x) { Write-Error "you got a problem"}