Issue using Get-Child-Item

have function scan (grep) files in folder extension.  for reason, get-child-item returns empty / 0 files on folder though can @ folder , see files of specified extension (*.config).  suspect either doing wrong or permissions somehow getting in way.  how use get-childitem in context?

function scan-files {     param(     [parameter(mandatory=$true)]     [string]$folder,          [parameter(mandatory=$true)]         [string]$filepattern,          [parameter(mandatory=$false)]         [bool]$recurse = $false     )          write-host "folder = $folder"     write-host "filepattern = $filepattern"      $files = get-childitem -include $filepattern -path $folder 
    #always empty reason     if ($files)     {         write-host "file count = $($files.length)"            }
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#invoke our function
$folder = "c:\program files\microsoft sql server\msrs12.mssqlserver\reporting services\reportserver\"
$filepattern = "*.config"         

#scan-files -folder $folder -filepattern $filepattern -recurse:$true
scan-files -folder $folder -filepattern $filepattern

change this:

$folder = "c:\program files\microsoft sql server\msrs12.mssqlserver\reporting services\reportserver\"

to this:

$folder='c:\program files\microsoft sql server\msrs12.mssqlserver\reporting services\reportserver\*'

you have run elevated see folder set.

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