CODEWITHSUNDEEP
powershell
user3770612
user3770612

Reputation: 1769

Powershell is creating directories in its current working directory

I am facing a strange situation. I am trying to create a directory structure in C: drive, but new directory structure gets created from where i am running my powershell script, I don't know why is this happening. 

$new_folder='C:\new_folder' 
new-item $new_folder -type directory

If I run the script from desktop , new folder gets created on desktop. Can someone please help

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1094

Answers (2)

GrnMtnBuckeye
GrnMtnBuckeye

Reputation: 214

I can't replicate the problem to see if this works better but it may be worth a try:

    $new_foldername = 'new_folder'
    $new_folderpath = 'C:\' 
    New-Item -Name $new_foldername -Path $new_folderpath

Upvotes: 1

ekostadinov
ekostadinov

Reputation: 6940

It's a good practice to set ExecutionPolicy for your scripts, because when you are trying to access such resources (as C:\ in your case), you'll not have to worry about it.

Also I had some issues with relative path access to files/folders in C:\ and I had to use Resolve-Path in order to get script back-on-track.

Upvotes: 0

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