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<pre><code class="code-1 nolinks" id="code-20-43288504-1"><span>Get-ChildItem C:\Users\User1\Desktop\Special | Out-File C:\Users\User1\Desktop\List</span>
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I would like to employ Powershell to look into a directory and then list the contents out to a text file. <br>Source: &nbsp;C:\Users:\User1\Desktop\Special<br>Path to create output file: &nbsp;C:\Users\User1\Desktop\List<br><br>Is this possible?<br>Thanks in advance.&nbsp;
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I would like to employ Powershell to look into a directory and then list the contents out to a text file.
Source:  C:\Users:\User1\Desktop\Special
Path to create output file:  C:\Users\User1\Desktop\List
Is this possible?
Thanks in advance. 

Using Powershell to list contents of a directory

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