PSDrive
In PowerShell, various items are treated as PSDrive.
While the command prompt can only handle file system drives,
PowerShell can handle the following items as PSDrive.
- File system
- Registry
- Digital Signature
- Environment variables
- Aliases
- Script Variables
- Functions
- WS-Management Configuration Information
Managing Windows PowerShell Drives | Microsoft Docs
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/samples/managing-windows-powershell-drives
PS Env:\> Get-PSDrive
Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root
---- --------- --------- -------- ----
Alias Alias
C 777.77 77.77 FileSystem C:\
Cert Certificate \
D FileSystem D:\
Env Environment
Function Function
HKCU Registry HKEY_CURRENT_USER
HKLM Registry HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
P 7777.77 777.77 FileSystem \\Server\workPC$
Q 777.77 7777.77 FileSystem \\Server\temp$
Variable Variable
WSMan WSMan
For example, the environment variable is treated as an item of the Env-drive in the PSDrive.
Environment Variables | miajimyu note
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