Powershell Compare-Object not working as expected

Question

I'm running the following script to compare data within a variable to data within a text file. The results show that non of the data within the variable is the same as the text file, although I've formatted them the same and they look the same in the results? They look identical, why does powershell think they're different?

Script:

$rn = Get-WMIObject Win32_Process -computer servername -credential domain\administrator -filter "Name='process.exe'” | Select-Object path | Sort-Object path
$lst = Get-Content “C:\Scripts\Process Monitor Scripts\ProcessList.txt”
Compare-Object $lst $rn

Results:
InputObject                             SideIndicator
-----------                             -------------
@{Path=Y:\Folder1\process.exe}        =>
@{Path=Y:\Folder2\process.exe}        =>
@{Path=Y:\Folder3\process.exe}        =>
@{Path=Y:\Folder1\process.exe}        <=
@{Path=Y:\Folder2\process.exe}        <=
@{Path=Y:\Folder3\process.exe}        <=

Answer 1

Expand the path property, you're comparing objects with a path property against simple strings.:

$rn = Get-WMIObject Win32_Process -computer servername -credential domain\administrator -filter "Name='process.exe'” | select -expand path