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NobleMan
NobleMan

Reputation: 515

Using system variable within string to get file version in Powershell

I am trying to get something like this to work but cannot figure it out.

(Get-Item env:userprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe).VersionInfo.FileVersion

I am getting an error that it does not exist, though I know it does.

If I run the same thing with a known logged in user like below, 

(Get-Item c:\users\jonesb\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe).VersionInfo.FileVersion

I get the versioning I am looking for. I will be running this script on thousands of machines and I don't know who will be logged in to each machine. Please advise.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 282

Answers (1)

vrdse
vrdse

Reputation: 3154

env:userprofile expands to env:\userprofile. This is a PSDrive, which you can access with Cmdlets like Get-Item, but it does not expand in strings. What you need to do is to use the variable $env:userprofile. 

(Get-Item $env:userprofile\AppData\Local\Microsoft\OneDrive\OneDrive.exe).VersionInfo.FileVersion

Upvotes: 2

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