Mastering Windows PowerShell Scripting

Summary

This chapter thoroughly explained the interaction of PowerShell with the files, folders, and registry objects. It began by displaying how to create a folder and a registry key by leveraging the new-item cmdlet. It also displayed the additional arguments that can be used with the new-item cmdlet to create a log file with the date time integrated in the filename. The chapter proceeded to display how to create and view a registry key property using the get-itemproperty and new-itemproperty cmdlets

This chapter then moved to verification of files, folder, and registry items through the test-path cmdlet. By using this cmdlet, you can test to see if the object exists prior to interacting with it. You also learned how to interact with copying ...