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New-PSDrive - How to use PowerShell Net Use alternative https://lazyadmin.nl/powershell/new-psdrive/
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New-PSDrive – How to use PowerShell Net Use
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alternative
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Last updated April 7, 2022 by Rudy Mens
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We all know the Net Use command that we can use to map network drives from the
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command line. Although we can use Net Use in PowerShell, there is a more powerful
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alternative, the New-PSDrive cmdlet.
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With the New-PSDrive cmdlet, we cannot only map network drives but also create
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drive mappings to local folders or registry keys on our computer. Drives created with
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the cmdlet can be temporary for only the current PowerShell sessions or persistent so
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they can be used in explorer.
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In this article, we are going to take a closer look at all the possibilities of the New-
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PSDrive cmdlet with some useful examples for you to use.
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Temporary vs Persistent drives
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Before we are going to take a look at how to create the network drives, I first want to
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explain the difference between temporary and persistent drives.
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×
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Temporary drives can only be used in the current PowerShell session. They won’t be
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visible in Windows Explorer and will be gone when you close the PowerShell session.
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They are great to use when you need to interact with a remote folder or a long folder
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path on your local computer.
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Persistent drives are assigned a drive letter and therefore can also be used in Explorer.
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They will remain available when you close the PowerShell session or even reboot your
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computer.
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Adding a new network drive with New-PSDrive
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To map a network drive with PowerShell, we are going to create a persistent network
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connection. This way the network drive will be available in Explorer and other tools
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and not only in PowerShell.
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There are a couple of required parameters to create a network connection:
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Parameter Description
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Name Must be an available drive letter
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PSProvider Set to FileSystem for network shares and folders
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Root The network location that you want to map
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To make it available outside PowerShell (in Explorer)
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×Persist
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So to map the network share \\VBoxSvr\Win11 and assign it the drive letter v: we can
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use the following command:
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1. New-PSDrive -Name V -PSProvider FileSystem -Root \\VBoxSvr\Win11 -Persist Copy
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New-PSDrive network mapping
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The network location will now be available in Explorer or any other tool that you want
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to use.
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Using different credentials for the mapped network drive
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Just like with Net Use we can use different credentials to open a remote network
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drive. For this, we first need to create a credential object that we can use to map the
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×network drive.
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Copy
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1. # Get the credentials
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2. $cred = Get-Credential
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3.
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4. # Create the drive mapping with the credentials
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5. New-PSDrive -Name V -PSProvider FileSystem -Root \\VBoxSvr\Win11 -Persist -
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Credential $cred
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Creating a Temporary Drive Mapping in PowerShell
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As mentioned we can also create a temporary drive mapping with PowerShell. With
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temporary mappings, we are not limited to letters only. We can give any name we
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want to the mapping. Also, we can create a mapping to a local folder on our
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computer.
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For example, we can create a mapping to our log folder with:
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1. New-PSDrive -Name Log -PSProvider FileSystem -Root c:\temp\logfiles -DescrCiopptiyon
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"Log Folder"
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This way we can quickly navigate to the log files with cd log: . But we can not only
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navigate to the folder, we now also reference the mapping in other cmdlets. For
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×example:
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1. Get-ChildItem log:
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Copy
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new-PSDrive
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Creating a persistent mapping to a local folder
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Temporary mappings are gone after you close the PowerShell window. There is no
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option to store mappings to local folders with New-PSDrive. But when you need to
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access a long folder path often from PowerShell then you could add the cmdlet to
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your PowerShell Profile. This way the mapping will be recreated every time you open
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PowerShell.
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First, open your profile: Copy
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If you get an error that your profile is not found, then follow this article to quickly
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create one.
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In your PowerShell profile add the following line:
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1. # Create shotcuts to long folder paths Copy
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2. New-PSDrive -Name Log -PSProvider FileSystem -Root c:\temp\logfiles -Description
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"Log Folder" | Out-Null
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Note that we added | Out-Null to the cmdlet. By default, the cmdlet will output the
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results of the drive mapping. But we don’t want that every time when we open a new
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PowerShell session.
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Mapping Registry keys with New-PSDrive
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Besides mapping network drives and folders, we can also map registry keys with the
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New-PSDrive cmdlet. By default, you will find already a mapping to the
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER key and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE key. You can few these with
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the command:
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1. Get-PsDrive -PSProvider Registry Copy
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2.
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3. # Result
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4. Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root
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× CurrentLocation
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5. ---- --------- --------- -------- ----
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER
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--------------- Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
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Registry
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6. HKCU
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7. HKLM
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If you want to create a mapping to the HKEY_USERS hives you can do the following:
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1. New-PSDrive -Name HKU -PSProvider Registry -Root HKEY_USERS Copy
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We are not limited to the top-level registry gives, you can create mappings to any
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registry key you want. For example, the HKCU Windows NT key:
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1. New-PSDrive -Name WinNT -PSProvider Registry -Root Copy
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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT
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You can now easily add, edit or remove registry keys using the create mapping:
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1. # WinNT: is the mapping that we created earlier Copy
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2. New-Item –Path WinNT: –Name LazyAdmin
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Wrapping Up
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To be honest, there is little advantage to using the New-PSDrive if you only want to
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map a network share that is also available in Explorer. The Net-Use command is
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×shorter and more convenient to use.
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But when you only need to create a mapping in a PowerShell session, or when you
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want to create a shortcut to local folders or the registry, then the cmdlet can be quite
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useful.
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