Powershell environment variable %username%

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I would like to insert environment variable %username% in this powershell script:

$o = new-object -com shell.application
$o.Namespace('\\xx.local\Employee Personal Folders\Employee\%username%\Scan Folder').Self.InvokeVerb("pintohome")

How can I go about that?

Cheers in advance

Does this answer your question? How do I get the current username in Windows PowerShell? — Jory Geerts
– Jory Geerts, Commented Feb 5, 2020 at 11:31

boxdog · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-05 11:16:49Z

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PowerShell uses a different format for environment variables. For example, %USERNAME% is specified as $env:USERNAME. Try updating your code as follows:

$o = new-object -com shell.application
$o.Namespace("\\xx.local\Employee Personal Folders\Employee\$env:USERNAME\Scan Folder").Self.InvokeVerb("pintohome")

Note the double-quotes around the path string - this is required for PowerShell to automatically replace the variable.

answered Feb 5, 2020 at 11:16

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Derrick T Over a year ago

Cool! I actually did some research prior to asking my question and I did try the $env:Username. However, I was using ' ' rather than " ". Causing the script to fail.

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