Be careful when using $env:userprofile or $home to create paths to user files. When a Windows box is set up for OneDrive, the documents folder may have been redirected to a subfolder named “OneDrive”. Here are some examples:
PS> $env:USERPROFILE C:\Users\tobia PS> $HOME C:\Users\tobia PS> $profile C:\Users\tobia\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1 PS>
As you see, the PowerShell profile script does not reside in the Documents folder directly inside the user profile. Instead, it moved into a subfolder named “OneDrive”.
To find the current Documents folder, use GetFolderPath() instead:
PS> [Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyDocuments')
C:\Users\tobia\OneDrive\Documents
You can even use this to determine whether or not OneDrive redirected user files:
$redirected = [Environment]::GetFolderPath('MyDocuments') -like '*\OneDrive\*' $redirected
This returns $true when OneDrive redirected folders, else $false.
