Powershell Variable Folder Name

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I have a static path: C:\Program Files\N-able Technologies\EndpointSetupInformation\

And then a GUID folder, which is different per machine: {10ba9c5f-8bc1-4094-c245-1e6a38d90090} for instance, and the GUID folder is the only folder in the directory.

And then the exe file: installer.exe

I need to run that installer.exe with powershell. How can I do this simply? Basically something like: C:\Program Files\N-able Technologies\EndpointSetupInformation\{*}\installer.exe

Drew · Accepted Answer · 2019-10-08 06:08:20Z

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You can have the following which will allow you to assign the full path to a variable for use later.

$installer = (Get-ChildItem 'C:\Program Files\N-able Technologies\EndpointSetupInformation\*\installer.exe').FullName

This assumes that there is only one installer.exe file one folder deep.

You could drop the .FullName at the end and then use $installer.FullName instead, giving you access to all the other properties that the Get-ChildItem has, such as .BaseName or .DirectoryName

edited Oct 8, 2019 at 6:08

answered Oct 8, 2019 at 2:00

Drew

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