Import-Clixml ignores -ErrorAction parameter

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Steps to reproduce

Import-Clixml should not raise an exception when called with -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue. But it does.
Steps to repro:
Open a terminal and provide the path to a non-existing file:
Import-Clixml -Path .\there-is-no-spoon -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

It should produce no output, but you will get the exception

Expected behavior

> Import-Clixml -Path .\there-is-no-spoon -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
PS >

Actual behavior

> Import-Clixml -Path .\there-is-no-spoon -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
PS> Import-Clixml: Could not find file 'C:\Windows\there-is-no-spoon'.

Error details

PS C:\Windows> get-error

Exception             :
    Type       : System.IO.FileNotFoundException
    Message    : Could not find file 'C:\Windows\there-is-no-spoon'.
    FileName   : C:\Windows\there-is-no-spoon
    TargetSite :
        Name          : CreateFile
        DeclaringType : [Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle]
        MemberType    : Method
        Module        : System.Private.CoreLib.dll
    Source     : System.Private.CoreLib
    HResult    : -2147024894
    StackTrace :
   at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.CreateFile(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access,
FileShare share, FileOptions options)
   at Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles.SafeFileHandle.Open(String fullPath, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare
share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
   at System.IO.Strategies.OSFileStreamStrategy..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share,
FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
   at System.IO.Strategies.FileStreamHelpers.ChooseStrategyCore(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access,
FileShare share, FileOptions options, Int64 preallocationSize, Nullable`1 unixCreateMode)
   at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
   at System.Management.Automation.PathUtils.OpenFileStream(String filePath, PSCmdlet command, Boolean isLiteralPath)
CategoryInfo          : OpenError: (:) [Import-Clixml], FileNotFoundException
FullyQualifiedErrorId : FileOpenFailure,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ImportClixmlCommand
InvocationInfo        :
    MyCommand        : Import-Clixml
    ScriptLineNumber : 1
    OffsetInLine     : 1
    HistoryId        : 9
    Line             : Import-Clixml -Path .\there-is-no-spoon -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    Statement        : Import-Clixml -Path .\there-is-no-spoon -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
    PositionMessage  : At line:1 char:1
                       + Import-Clixml -Path .\there-is-no-spoon -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
                       + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    InvocationName   : Import-Clixml
    CommandOrigin    : Internal
ScriptStackTrace      : at <ScriptBlock>, <No file>: line 1

Environment data

PS C:\Users\adima\TMD_Files\Debug> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      7.6.3
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    7.6.3
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.26200
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0…}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.4
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Visuals

Inizia riproducendo il comando Import-Clixml con un percorso inesistente e -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue, quindi traccia il percorso di apertura del file e di gestione degli errori del comando. Il lavoro è completato quando, in questo caso, il comando non produce alcun output né eccezione, preservando al contempo il comportamento riportato per gli errori ordinari di Import-Clixml.