I have written this bit of PowerShell code to get a listing of files meeting the type criteria shown below: Get-ChildItem -Path ‘C:\Program Files\Common Files’ -Recurse -Include *.exe, *.bat, *.com, *.cmd, *.dll This is part of the result: Directory: C:\Program Files\Common Files\VMware\Drivers\vmci\sockets\Win8 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name —- ————- —— —- -a—- 10/23/2022 12:23 AM 31120… Read More Get-ChildItem with specific properties, but still grouped by (sub)folder

I’m trying to find a method of getting GetChildItem to include all .xml files found in subfolders, but exclude the .xml files found in the base folder. My folder structure looks like this: MySubFolder\IncludeThis.xml MySubFolder\AlsoIncludeThis.xml AnotherSubFolder\IncludeThis.xml AnotherSubFolder\AlsoIncludeThis.xml ExcludeThis.xml AlsoExcludeThis.xml I’ve tried using -Include and -Exclude arguments, without any luck, as these arguments seem to only… Read More PowerShell GetChildItem exclude file type in base folder but include same file type from sub folder

I’m running Get-ChildItem but its returning TWO results which is confusing me … why ? Get-ChildItem "$env:ProgramFiles\Google\Drive File Stream\" -Filter ‘GoogleDriveFS.exe’ -Recurse here’s the output: Directory: C:\Program Files\Google\Drive File Stream\56.0.11.0 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name —- ————- —— —- -a—- 3/30/2022 11:38 AM 53664656 GoogleDriveFS.exe Directory: C:\Program Files\Google\Drive File Stream\56.0.9.0 Mode LastWriteTime Length Name —- ————-… Read More Get-ChildItem Confusing Results