lets try again

PostPublish.ps1

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ Minor = $versionInfo.ProductMinorPart
 Build = $versionInfo.ProductBuildPart  
 Revision = $versionInfo.ProductPrivatePart
 }
-$json | ConvertTo-Json > VersionInformation.json
+$json | ConvertTo-Json > ("{0}\VersionInformation.json" -f $PublishDir)

azure-pipelines.yml

@@ -50,12 +50,6 @@ steps:
     zipAfterPublish: false
     modifyOutputPath: false
     
-- task: oneLuckiDevJson2Variable@1
-  inputs:
-    jsonFile: '$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)\Application\VersionInformation.json'
-    shouldPrefixVariables: true
-    variablePrefix: 'VersionInformation'
-
 - task: PowerShell@2
   inputs:
     targetType: 'inline'
@@ -63,6 +57,19 @@ steps:
     failOnStderr: true
     workingDirectory: '$(Build.Repository.LocalPath)\Application\BuildScripts'
 
+- task: PowerShell@2
+  inputs:
+    filePath: 'PostPublish.ps1'
+    arguments: '$(outputFolder)'
+    failOnStderr: true
+    workingDirectory: '$(Build.Repository.LocalPath)'
+
+- task: oneLuckiDevJson2Variable@1
+  inputs:
+    jsonFile: '$(build.artifactStagingDirectory)\VersionInformation.json'
+    shouldPrefixVariables: true
+    variablePrefix: 'VersionInformation'
+
 - task: BatchScript@1
   inputs:
     filename: 'Application\BuildScripts\PostPublish.bat'
@@ -70,12 +77,6 @@ steps:
     arguments: '$(outputFolder)'
     failOnStandardError: true
 
-- task: PowerShell@2
-  inputs:
-    filePath: 'PostPublish.ps1'
-    arguments: '$(outputFolder)'
-    failOnStderr: true
-    workingDirectory: '$(Build.Repository.LocalPath)'
     
 - task: CmdLine@2
   inputs: