Question:
I am trying to get shortpath using the below code in powershell. For some folders it works. For some it does not work.
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$a = New-Object -ComObject Scripting.FileSystemObject $f = $a.GetFile("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer") $f.ShortPath |
I get the below error although the folders are available :
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Exception calling "GetFile" with "1" argument(s): "Exception from HRESULT: 0x800A0035 (CTL_E_FILENOTFOUND)" At C:\Misc\GetShortPath.ps1:4 char:1 + $f = $a.GetFile("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer") + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodInvocationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ComMethodTargetInvocation |
Can someone please help
Answer:
Distinguish files and folders:
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$a = New-Object -ComObject Scripting.FileSystemObject $f = $a.GetFile("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe") $f.ShortPath $f = $a.GetFolder("C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer") $f.ShortPath |
Output:
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C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1\iexplore.exe C:\PROGRA~1\INTERN~1 |