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Yep, That takes care of the immediate need. &nbsp;It should also put me in the right direction for other commands. &nbsp;Thank you!
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Yep, That takes care of the immediate need.  It should also put me in the right direction for other commands.  Thank you!

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Hello everyone. &nbsp;This is a pretty basic question, but I am new to Powershell for the most part and have been struggling.. &nbsp;I am trying to utilize some of the environment variables to draft a automated task. &nbsp;For example I would like to create a &quot;testing&quot; folder within all user profiles.<br />
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So when I run the Get-ChildItem Env: command, I see that &quot;USERPROFILE&quot; is listed as an evironment variable. &nbsp;Great! &nbsp;Just like a Command Prompt/DOS script right? &nbsp;Wrong. &nbsp;when I run this command:<br />
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PS c:\Users\UserName&gt; md %USERPROFILE%\testing<br />
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It creates a folder like this: <br />
c:\Users\UserName\%USERPRO<wbr />FILE%\test<wbr />ing<br />
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Well that isn't what I wanted.... &nbsp;Hmm. &nbsp;What am I missing here in the PowerShell world?
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Hello everyone.  This is a pretty basic question, but I am new to Powershell for the most part and have been struggling..  I am trying to utilize some of the environment variables to draft a automated task.  For example I would like to create a "testing" folder within all user profiles.

So when I run the Get-ChildItem Env: command, I see that "USERPROFILE" is listed as an evironment variable.  Great!  Just like a Command Prompt/DOS script right?  Wrong.  when I run this command:

PS c:\Users\UserName> md %USERPROFILE%\testing

It creates a folder like this: 
c:\Users\UserName\%USERPROFILE%\testing

Well that isn't what I wanted....  Hmm.  What am I missing here in the PowerShell world?

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