diff --git a/src/Format2.ps1 b/src/Format2.ps1
index 38348fb0d..af9690c72 100644
--- a/src/Format2.ps1
+++ b/src/Format2.ps1
@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ function Get-DisplayProperty2 ([Type]$Type) {
     # and for types that do not exist
 
     $propertyMap = @{
-        'System.Diagnostics.Process' = 'Id', 'Name'
+        'System.Diagnostics.Process'  = 'Id', 'Name'
+        # DirectoryInfo and FileInfo have circular references (Root, Directory) that cause infinite recursion
+        'System.IO.DirectoryInfo'     = 'Name', 'FullName'
+        'System.IO.FileInfo'          = 'Name', 'FullName', 'Length'
     }
 
     $propertyMap[$Type.FullName]
diff --git a/src/functions/assertions/Exist.ps1 b/src/functions/assertions/Exist.ps1
index e6b0f58c8..f5bb74e04 100644
--- a/src/functions/assertions/Exist.ps1
+++ b/src/functions/assertions/Exist.ps1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     `Should -Exist` calls Test-Path. Test-Path expects a file,
     returns $false because the file was removed, and fails the test.
     #>
-    [bool] $succeeded = & $SafeCommands['Test-Path'] $ActualValue
+    [bool] $succeeded = & $SafeCommands['Test-Path'] -LiteralPath $ActualValue
 
     if ($Negate) {
         $succeeded = -not $succeeded
diff --git a/tst/functions/assertions/Exist.Tests.ps1 b/tst/functions/assertions/Exist.Tests.ps1
index 25e57f637..cf6e10891 100644
--- a/tst/functions/assertions/Exist.Tests.ps1
+++ b/tst/functions/assertions/Exist.Tests.ps1
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ InPesterModuleScope {
             "TestDrive:\nonexistant" | Should -Not -Exist
         }
 
-        It 'works for path with escaped [ ] characters' {
+        It 'works for path with literal [ ] characters' {
             New-Item -Path "TestDrive:\[test].txt" -ItemType File | Out-Null
-            "TestDrive:\``[test``].txt"  | Should -Exist
+            "TestDrive:\[test].txt"  | Should -Exist
         }
 
         It 'returns correct result for function drive' {