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nullByteMe
nullByteMe

Reputation: 6391

Error when trying to use powershell object

I'm trying to do something very simple, but with being new to powershell I'm having trouble figuring out what is wrong:

PS C:\Windows\system32> $directoryMaker = New-Object [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory("C:\test")
New-Object : Cannot find type [[System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory]: make sure the assembly containing this type is loaded.
At line:1 char:19
+ $directoryMaker = New-Object [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory("C:\test")
+                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

Upvotes: 1

Views: 159

Answers (1)

CB.
CB.

Reputation: 60918

try just: 

$directoryMaker = [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory("C:\test")

In this case you are using a static method ( CreateDirectory(string s) ) of the [System.IO.Directory] then you don't need to instantiate a [System.IO.Directory] object to reference the new folder created by this method itself.

Upvotes: 2

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