The Windows operating system ships with the “Storage” PowerShell module which can be used both from Windows PowerShell and PowerShell 7.
One of the many things this module manages is file shares albeit you may need Administrator privileges to run the following cmdlets.
To just get a list of file shares (local folders that are accessible over the network), try this:
PS C:\> Get-FileShare
Name HealthStatus OperationalStatus
---- ------------ -----------------
ADMIN$ Healthy Online
C$ Healthy Online
print$ Healthy Online
PS C:\> Get-FileShare -Name c$
Name HealthStatus OperationalStatus
---- ------------ -----------------
C$ Healthy Online
PS C:\> Get-FileShare -Name c$ | Select-Object -Property *
HealthStatus : Healthy
OperationalStatus : Online
ShareState : Online
FileSharingProtocol : SMB
ObjectId : {1}\\DELL7390\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\WSP_FileShare.ObjectId="{c0c2f698-c81d-11e9-9f6f-80
6e6f6e6963}:FX:SMB||*||C$"
PassThroughClass :
PassThroughIds :
PassThroughNamespace :
PassThroughServer :
UniqueId : smb|DELL7390/C$
ContinuouslyAvailable : False
Description : Standardfreigabe
EncryptData : False
Name : C$
VolumeRelativePath : \
PSComputerName :
CimClass : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_FileShare
CimInstanceProperties : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
Likewise, other verbs allow related tasks such as changing an existing share (Set) or creating a new share (New):
PS C:\> Get-Command -Noun FileShare CommandType Name Version Source ----------- ---- ------- ------ Function Debug-FileShare 2.0.0.0 Storage Function Get-FileShare 2.0.0.0 Storage Function New-FileShare 2.0.0.0 Storage Function Remove-FileShare 2.0.0.0 Storage Function Set-FileShare 2.0.0.0 Storage
