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powershell set shell folders! Use the SHGetFolderPath or SHGetKnownFolderPath function instead Shell Folders
<#
.SYNOPSIS
Sets a known folder's path using SHSetKnownFolderPath.
.PARAMETER Folder
The known folder whose path to set.
.PARAMETER Path
The path.
#>
# USAGE: # Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder 'Desktop' -Path '\\netserver\desktop\username\desktop'
# FROM: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25709398/set-location-of-special-folders-with-powershell
# HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders
function Set-KnownFolderPath {
Param (
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[ValidateSet('AddNewPrograms', 'AdminTools', 'AppUpdates', 'CDBurning', 'ChangeRemovePrograms', 'CommonAdminTools', 'CommonOEMLinks', 'CommonPrograms', 'CommonStartMenu', 'CommonStartup', 'CommonTemplates', 'ComputerFolder', 'ConflictFolder', 'ConnectionsFolder', 'Contacts', 'ControlPanelFolder', 'Cookies', 'Desktop', 'Documents', 'Downloads', 'Favorites', 'Fonts', 'Games', 'GameTasks', 'History', 'InternetCache', 'InternetFolder', 'Links', 'LocalAppData', 'LocalAppDataLow', 'LocalizedResourcesDir', 'Music', 'NetHood', 'NetworkFolder', 'OriginalImages', 'PhotoAlbums', 'Pictures', 'Playlists', 'PrintersFolder', 'PrintHood', 'Profile', 'ProgramData', 'ProgramFiles', 'ProgramFilesX64', 'ProgramFilesX86', 'ProgramFilesCommon', 'ProgramFilesCommonX64', 'ProgramFilesCommonX86', 'Programs', 'Public', 'PublicDesktop', 'PublicDocuments', 'PublicDownloads', 'PublicGameTasks', 'PublicMusic', 'PublicPictures', 'PublicVideos', 'QuickLaunch', 'Recent', 'RecycleBinFolder', 'ResourceDir', 'RoamingAppData', 'SampleMusic', 'SamplePictures', 'SamplePlaylists', 'SampleVideos', 'SavedGames', 'SavedSearches', 'SEARCH_CSC', 'SEARCH_MAPI', 'SearchHome', 'SendTo', 'SidebarDefaultParts', 'SidebarParts', 'StartMenu', 'Startup', 'SyncManagerFolder', 'SyncResultsFolder', 'SyncSetupFolder', 'System', 'SystemX86', 'Templates', 'TreeProperties', 'UserProfiles', 'UsersFiles', 'Videos', 'Windows')]
[string]$KnownFolder,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[string]$Path
)
# Define known folder GUIDs
$KnownFolders = @{
'AddNewPrograms' = 'de61d971-5ebc-4f02-a3a9-6c82895e5c04';
'AdminTools' = '724EF170-A42D-4FEF-9F26-B60E846FBA4F';
'AppUpdates' = 'a305ce99-f527-492b-8b1a-7e76fa98d6e4';
'CDBurning' = '9E52AB10-F80D-49DF-ACB8-4330F5687855';
'ChangeRemovePrograms' = 'df7266ac-9274-4867-8d55-3bd661de872d';
'CommonAdminTools' = 'D0384E7D-BAC3-4797-8F14-CBA229B392B5';
'CommonOEMLinks' = 'C1BAE2D0-10DF-4334-BEDD-7AA20B227A9D';
'CommonPrograms' = '0139D44E-6AFE-49F2-8690-3DAFCAE6FFB8';
'CommonStartMenu' = 'A4115719-D62E-491D-AA7C-E74B8BE3B067';
'CommonStartup' = '82A5EA35-D9CD-47C5-9629-E15D2F714E6E';
'CommonTemplates' = 'B94237E7-57AC-4347-9151-B08C6C32D1F7';
'ComputerFolder' = '0AC0837C-BBF8-452A-850D-79D08E667CA7';
'ConflictFolder' = '4bfefb45-347d-4006-a5be-ac0cb0567192';
'ConnectionsFolder' = '6F0CD92B-2E97-45D1-88FF-B0D186B8DEDD';
'Contacts' = '56784854-C6CB-462b-8169-88E350ACB882';
'ControlPanelFolder' = '82A74AEB-AEB4-465C-A014-D097EE346D63';
'Cookies' = '2B0F765D-C0E9-4171-908E-08A611B84FF6';
'Desktop' = 'B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641';
'Documents' = 'FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7';
'Downloads' = '374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B';
'Favorites' = '1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD';
'Fonts' = 'FD228CB7-AE11-4AE3-864C-16F3910AB8FE';
'Games' = 'CAC52C1A-B53D-4edc-92D7-6B2E8AC19434';
'GameTasks' = '054FAE61-4DD8-4787-80B6-090220C4B700';
'History' = 'D9DC8A3B-B784-432E-A781-5A1130A75963';
'InternetCache' = '352481E8-33BE-4251-BA85-6007CAEDCF9D';
'InternetFolder' = '4D9F7874-4E0C-4904-967B-40B0D20C3E4B';
'Links' = 'bfb9d5e0-c6a9-404c-b2b2-ae6db6af4968';
'LocalAppData' = 'F1B32785-6FBA-4FCF-9D55-7B8E7F157091';
'LocalAppDataLow' = 'A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16';
'LocalizedResourcesDir' = '2A00375E-224C-49DE-B8D1-440DF7EF3DDC';
'Music' = '4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43';
'NetHood' = 'C5ABBF53-E17F-4121-8900-86626FC2C973';
'NetworkFolder' = 'D20BEEC4-5CA8-4905-AE3B-BF251EA09B53';
'OriginalImages' = '2C36C0AA-5812-4b87-BFD0-4CD0DFB19B39';
'PhotoAlbums' = '69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C';
'Pictures' = '33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB';
'Playlists' = 'DE92C1C7-837F-4F69-A3BB-86E631204A23';
'PrintersFolder' = '76FC4E2D-D6AD-4519-A663-37BD56068185';
'PrintHood' = '9274BD8D-CFD1-41C3-B35E-B13F55A758F4';
'Profile' = '5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173';
'ProgramData' = '62AB5D82-FDC1-4DC3-A9DD-070D1D495D97';
'ProgramFiles' = '905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a';
'ProgramFilesX64' = '6D809377-6AF0-444b-8957-A3773F02200E';
'ProgramFilesX86' = '7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E';
'ProgramFilesCommon' = 'F7F1ED05-9F6D-47A2-AAAE-29D317C6F066';
'ProgramFilesCommonX64' = '6365D5A7-0F0D-45E5-87F6-0DA56B6A4F7D';
'ProgramFilesCommonX86' = 'DE974D24-D9C6-4D3E-BF91-F4455120B917';
'Programs' = 'A77F5D77-2E2B-44C3-A6A2-ABA601054A51';
'Public' = 'DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385';
'PublicDesktop' = 'C4AA340D-F20F-4863-AFEF-F87EF2E6BA25';
'PublicDocuments' = 'ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634';
'PublicDownloads' = '3D644C9B-1FB8-4f30-9B45-F670235F79C0';
'PublicGameTasks' = 'DEBF2536-E1A8-4c59-B6A2-414586476AEA';
'PublicMusic' = '3214FAB5-9757-4298-BB61-92A9DEAA44FF';
'PublicPictures' = 'B6EBFB86-6907-413C-9AF7-4FC2ABF07CC5';
'PublicVideos' = '2400183A-6185-49FB-A2D8-4A392A602BA3';
'QuickLaunch' = '52a4f021-7b75-48a9-9f6b-4b87a210bc8f';
'Recent' = 'AE50C081-EBD2-438A-8655-8A092E34987A';
'RecycleBinFolder' = 'B7534046-3ECB-4C18-BE4E-64CD4CB7D6AC';
'ResourceDir' = '8AD10C31-2ADB-4296-A8F7-E4701232C972';
'RoamingAppData' = '3EB685DB-65F9-4CF6-A03A-E3EF65729F3D';
'SampleMusic' = 'B250C668-F57D-4EE1-A63C-290EE7D1AA1F';
'SamplePictures' = 'C4900540-2379-4C75-844B-64E6FAF8716B';
'SamplePlaylists' = '15CA69B3-30EE-49C1-ACE1-6B5EC372AFB5';
'SampleVideos' = '859EAD94-2E85-48AD-A71A-0969CB56A6CD';
'SavedGames' = '4C5C32FF-BB9D-43b0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4';
'SavedSearches' = '7d1d3a04-debb-4115-95cf-2f29da2920da';
'SEARCH_CSC' = 'ee32e446-31ca-4aba-814f-a5ebd2fd6d5e';
'SEARCH_MAPI' = '98ec0e18-2098-4d44-8644-66979315a281';
'SearchHome' = '190337d1-b8ca-4121-a639-6d472d16972a';
'SendTo' = '8983036C-27C0-404B-8F08-102D10DCFD74';
'SidebarDefaultParts' = '7B396E54-9EC5-4300-BE0A-2482EBAE1A26';
'SidebarParts' = 'A75D362E-50FC-4fb7-AC2C-A8BEAA314493';
'StartMenu' = '625B53C3-AB48-4EC1-BA1F-A1EF4146FC19';
'Startup' = 'B97D20BB-F46A-4C97-BA10-5E3608430854';
'SyncManagerFolder' = '43668BF8-C14E-49B2-97C9-747784D784B7';
'SyncResultsFolder' = '289a9a43-be44-4057-a41b-587a76d7e7f9';
'SyncSetupFolder' = '0F214138-B1D3-4a90-BBA9-27CBC0C5389A';
'System' = '1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7';
'SystemX86' = 'D65231B0-B2F1-4857-A4CE-A8E7C6EA7D27';
'Templates' = 'A63293E8-664E-48DB-A079-DF759E0509F7';
'TreeProperties' = '5b3749ad-b49f-49c1-83eb-15370fbd4882';
'UserProfiles' = '0762D272-C50A-4BB0-A382-697DCD729B80';
'UsersFiles' = 'f3ce0f7c-4901-4acc-8648-d5d44b04ef8f';
'Videos' = '18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC';
'Windows' = 'F38BF404-1D43-42F2-9305-67DE0B28FC23';
}
# Define SHSetKnownFolderPath if it hasn't been defined already
$Type = ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]'KnownFolders').Type
if (-not $Type) {
$Signature = @'
[DllImport("shell32.dll")]
public extern static int SHSetKnownFolderPath(ref Guid folderId, uint flags, IntPtr token, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string path);
'@
$Type = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $Signature -Name 'KnownFolders' -Namespace 'SHSetKnownFolderPath' -PassThru
}
# Validate the path
if (Test-Path $Path -PathType Container) {
# Call SHSetKnownFolderPath
return $Type::SHSetKnownFolderPath([ref]$KnownFolders[$KnownFolder], 0, 0, $Path)
} else {
throw New-Object System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException "Could not find part of the path $Path."
}
}
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beerse commented Sep 23, 2019

I might be off somehow but I'd say this funtion does not match its title:
The title says 'shGETfolderpath.ps' where the function says in line 12: 'SET-knownfolderpath'
btw: I changed the case in the above to show the difference: GET v.s. SET.

Minor (significant) question: Does this function automatically move the contents to the new location as the explorer->properties->location option does?

btw: I'm looking for a 'get' function as shown in the registry at "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders".

Update: Found my 'GET..' functions at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16658015/how-can-i-use-powershell-to-call-shgetknownfolderpath.
PS:> [Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyPictures')
The list of folders is at:
PS:> [Enum]::GetNames([Environment+SpecialFolder])

@nightmare1942
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Hi,
it's been while but I've tried the script and the output is (dot-sourced it):

0

The folder isn't redirected to a network path.
Any clues why?

@stickman89
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I'm finding it's not updating the 'Location' for anything other than 'Desktop' in Explorer. So the left-hand side dropdown pane in Explorer where 'This PC' can be found; the sub-items here are not working as are still linked to the old location. The redirection worked, just this area wasn't updated for other folders. Can this be fixed? Preferably in script. Thanks.

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