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Waqaarahsab
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Oct 21, 2020
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How to make a file in localappdata location using powershell

I am trying to create a file in the localappdata location in powershell. i have tried using $env:localappdata but it just shows the localappdata location just like write-host C:\Users\%username%\AppD...
  • farismalaeb's avatar
    Oct 21, 2020

    Waqaarahsab 

    if you want to change the current directory to go to AppData, try set-location $env:LOCALAPPDATA

    if you want to write content to the folder

    did you try something like this

    New-Item -Path "$($env:LOCALAPPDATA)\NewContent.txt"

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