PowerShell/Docs/list-special-folders.md

The list-special-folders.ps1 PowerShell Script

list-special-folders.ps1

Parameters

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Source Code

<# .SYNOPSIS Lists special folders .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script lists the special folders (sorted alphabetically). .EXAMPLE PS> ./list-special-folders

Folder Name     Folder Path
-----------     -----------
AdminTools      📂C:\Users\Markus\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Administrative Tools
...

.LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0 #>

function GetTempDir { if ("$env:TEMP" -ne "") { return "$env:TEMP" } if ("$env:TMP" -ne "") { return "$env:TMP" } if ($IsLinux) { return "/tmp" } return "C:\Temp" }

function AddLine { param([string]$FolderName, [string]$FolderPath) New-Object PSObject -property @{ 'Folder Name' = "$FolderName"; 'Folder Path' = "📂$FolderPath" } }

function ListSpecialFolders { if ($IsLinux) { AddLine "Desktop" "$HOME/Desktop" AddLine "Downloads" "$HOME/Downloads" AddLine "Home Folder" "$HOME" AddLine "MyDocuments" "$HOME/Documents" AddLine "MyMusic" "$HOME/Music" AddLine "MyPictures" "$HOME/Pictures" AddLine "MyScreenshots" "$HOME/Pictures/Screenshots" AddLine "MyVideos" "$HOME/Videos" AddLine "Temporary Folder" "$(GetTempDir)" $Path = Resolve-Path "$HOME/.." AddLine "Users" "$Path" } else { $FolderNames = [System.Enum]::GetNames('System.Environment+SpecialFolder') $FolderNames | Sort-Object | ForEach-Object { if ($Path = [System.Environment]::GetFolderPath($)) { AddLine "$" "$Path" } } AddLine "TemporaryFolder" "$(GetTempDir)" $Path = Resolve-Path "$HOME/.." AddLine "Users" "$Path" } }

try { ListSpecialFolders | Format-Table -property @{e='Folder Name';width=22},'Folder Path' exit 0 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }

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