diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
index 906263225f4..03414836b6d 100644
--- a/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
+++ b/src/System.Management.Automation/FormatAndOutput/DefaultFormatters/PowerShellCore_format_ps1xml.cs
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ private static IEnumerable<FormatViewDefinition> ViewsOf_System_Management_Autom
                 CustomControl.Create(outOfBand: true)
                     .StartEntry()
                         .AddScriptBlockExpressionBinding(@"
-                                    if (@('NativeCommandErrorMessage'.'NativeCommandError') -notcontains $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId -and @('CategoryView','ConciseView') -notcontains $ErrorView)
+                                    if (@('NativeCommandErrorMessage','NativeCommandError') -notcontains $_.FullyQualifiedErrorId -and @('CategoryView','ConciseView') -notcontains $ErrorView)
                                     {
                                         $myinv = $_.InvocationInfo
                                         if ($myinv -and $myinv.MyCommand)
@@ -795,6 +795,7 @@ private static IEnumerable<FormatViewDefinition> ViewsOf_System_Management_Autom
                         .AddScriptBlockExpressionBinding(@"
 
                                     function Get-ConciseViewPositionMessage {
+                                        Set-StrictMode -Off
 
                                         $resetColor = ''
                                         if ($Host.UI.SupportsVirtualTerminal) {
@@ -880,7 +881,7 @@ function Get-ConciseViewPositionMessage {
 
                                         if ($myinv -and $myinv.ScriptName -or $_.CategoryInfo.Category -eq 'ParserError') {
                                             if ($myinv.ScriptName) {
-                                                $posmsg = ""error in${resetcolor} $($myinv.ScriptName)${newline}""
+                                                $posmsg = ""${resetcolor}$($myinv.ScriptName)${newline}""
                                             }
                                             else {
                                                 $posmsg = ""${newline}""
@@ -901,8 +902,12 @@ function Get-ConciseViewPositionMessage {
                                             $line = $myinv.Line
                                             $highlightLine = $myinv.PositionMessage.Split('+').Count - 1
                                             $offsetLength = $myinv.PositionMessage.split('+')[$highlightLine].Trim().Length
-                                            $line = $line.Insert($myinv.OffsetInLine - 1 + $offsetLength, $resetColor)
-                                            $line = $line.Insert($myinv.OffsetInLine - 1, $errorColor)
+
+                                            # don't color the whole line red
+                                            if ($offsetLength -lt $line.Length - 1) {
+                                                $line = $line.Insert($myinv.OffsetInLine - 1 + $offsetLength, $resetColor).Insert($myinv.OffsetInLine - 1, $accentColor)
+                                            }
+
                                             $posmsg += ""${accentColor}${lineWhitespace}$($myinv.ScriptLineNumber) ${verticalBar} ${resetcolor}${line}`n""
                                             $offsetWhitespace = ' ' * ($myinv.OffsetInLine - 1)
                                             $prefix = ""${accentColor}${headerWhitespace}     ${verticalBar} ${errorColor}""
@@ -965,7 +970,7 @@ function Get-ConciseViewPositionMessage {
                                         elseif ($_.CategoryInfo.Category) {
                                             $reason = $_.CategoryInfo.Category
                                         }
-                                        elseif ($_CategoryInfo.Reason) {
+                                        elseif ($_.CategoryInfo.Reason) {
                                             $reason = $_.CategoryInfo.Reason
                                         }