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$ErrorView = "ConciseView" does not print any errors with module autoloading disabled #12671

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@MatejKafka

PowerShell Core version: v7.0.1

Steps to reproduce

Run the following lines in pwsh -noprofile:

$PSModuleAutoLoadingPreference = "None"
$ErrorView = "ConciseView"
NonExistentCmdlet
$ErrorView = "NormalView"
NonExistentCmdlet
$ErrorView = "ConciseView"
NonExistentCmdlet

Expected behavior

3 error messages are thrown, 1st and 3rd one formatted as concise error messages, 2nd one as normal error message.

Actual behavior

When $ErrorView is set to "ConciseView", the errors are silently ignored and nothing is displayed. "NormalView" works correctly.
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When running with Set-PSDebug -Trace 2, the following output is displayed:
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The output indicates that while printing output, the ConciseView error printing code uses Test-Path, which is not loaded because of the disabled auto-loading.

Then, I attempted to first run Import-Module Microsoft.PowerShell.Management, which contains the Test-Path cmdlet. After the import, with auto-loading still disabled, errors now correctly print in ConciseView.

This leads me to believe that the issue is in Get-ConciseViewPositionMessage function attempting to use Test-Path, which is unavailable due to disabled auto-loading.

Environment data

PowerShell Core:

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.0.1
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.0.1
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.18362
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

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