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Files, Folders, and the Registry
In PowerShell, providers are the most obvious subsystem for working with the filesystem and registry. A provider presents access to a data store as a hierarchy consisting of container or leaf objects. Using the filesystem as an example, a folder or directory is a container; a file is a leaf. Conversely, the Registry provider only supports containers or keys.
PowerShell offers common commands to interact with a provider hierarchy. The commands available to a provider differ depending on the features the provider supports. For example, supporting navigation makes Get-ChildItem, Get-Item, New-Item, and so on available.
PowerShell can also make use of .NET types. The System.IO namespace contains classes for working ...
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