Finding System Folders

When you automate file system tasks, you may want to know where special folders such as MyPictures or Documents are located. The .NET class Environment provides a static method named GetFolderPath() which provides this information. To find the location of your desktop, use this:

[Environment]::GetFolderPath('Desktop')

If you need to find out the short names of other important system folders, you can simply specify anything else, any you will receive a red error message that lists all of the legal short names:

[Environment]::GetFolderPath('give me more!')