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Powershell comparing two List with foreach

I'm trying to compare two lists that I obtained with the Get-ChildItem cmdlet.

Get-ChildItem

I read about the Compare-Object cmdlet, but in this context I would prefer doing with a foreach because is useful to have access to the $file variable.

Compare-Object

$file

$StartingFolderPath = "C:---StartingFolder"
$EndingFolderPath = "C:---EndingFolder"


$AllStartingFiles = Get-ChildItem $StartingFolderPath
$AllEndingFiles = Get-ChildItem $EndingFolderPath

Write-Host "First folder content:"$AllStartingFiles
Write-Host "Second folder content:" $AllEndingFiles


foreach($file in $AllEndingFiles){

write-Host "Element :" $file.Name

$result = $AllStartingFiles.Contains($file.Name)
write-host $result

if($AllStartingFiles.Contains($file.Name)){
Write-Host "You are here"
Write-Host $file.Name
}
}


But it seems that I cannot pass the if control, if($AllStartingFiles.Contains($file.Name)) which returns false.

if($AllStartingFiles.Contains($file.Name))

OUTPUT

First folder content: 1_one.txt 2_two.txt 3_three.txt 5_five.txt
Second folder content: 1_one.txt 2_two.txt 3_three.txt 4_four.txt 5_five.txt
6_six.txt
Element : 1_one.txt
False
Element : 2_two.txt
False
Element : 3_three.txt
False
Element : 4_four.txt
False
Element : 5_five.txt
False
Element : 6_six.txt
False


I've also tried with the -Contains operator, but without any luck.

-Contains

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