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PowerShell New-Item | Create folderThe New-Item Cmdlet in PowerShell creates the files and folders in the file system and also creates registry keys and entries in the registry. With the creation of a file, it also adds the initial content to the file. SyntaxNew-Item [-Path] <string[]> [-ItemType <string>] [-Value <Object>] [-Force] [-Credential <pscredential>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>] New-Item [[-Path] <string[]>] -Name <string> [-ItemType <string>] [-Value <Object>] [-Force] [-Credential <pscredential>] [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>] Parameters
Followings are the parameters used in this cmdlet: -Path The -Path parameter is used to specify the path of a location of the new file or folder. Wildcard characters are accepted. -ItemType The -ItemType parameter specify the type of specified provider of the new item. If the location of a user is in the file system drive, these five values (File, SymbolicLink, Directory, Junction, HardLink) are allowed. If your location is in a certification drive, you can specify these values: Certificate Provider, Certificate, Store, StoreLocation. -Name This parameter specifies the new file or folder name. -Value This parameter is used to denote the value of a new item. -Force This parameter forces this cmdlet to create the items which write over existing read-only items. -WhatIf This parameter describes what would happen if the cmdlet executes. The cmdlet does not execute. -Confirm This parameter prompts you a confirmation before executing the cmdlet. Examples
Example 1: Creates a file in the present working directory 
The command, in this example, creates a text file in the present working directory. Example 2: Creates a file and add the content to that file 
The command in this example creates a text file and also passes the string to the file, which is followed by a -Value parameter in the cmdlet. Example 3: Create a directory 
The command in this example creates the directory in the given drive. In this command, the -ItemType parameter represents the new item in a directory. Example 4: Create multiple files 
The command, in this example, creates the new file in the two different directories. If you want to create multiple items, the -Path parameter accepts multiple strings.
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