PowerShell: Using $env:userprofile in an 'IF' statement

environment-variables, powershell, shortcut-file

Solution

On Windows 7:

[PS]> echo $ENV:UserProfile
C:\Users\arco444

This returns the path to the profile directory. Therefore I'd expect looking only for the username to fail the condition. I'd do a simple match instead:

if ($env:userprofile -imatch "rmullins")
{
    Remove-Item $env:userprofile\Desktop\ITFILES -Recurse -Force
}

Problem

I am using PowerShell ISE (I think 4). I am writing logon scripts to replace the old '*.BAT' files. I am trying to test for a user-profile condition before 'creating/deleting' certain directories from the desktop. Example ``` If(($env:userprofile = "rmullins")) { Remove-Item $env:userprofile\Desktop\ITFILES -Recurse -Force } ``` So I run the following to see what's going on: ``` md -Path $env:userprofile\Desktop\ITFILES ``` The path is created in the following location: C:\Windows\System32......... The MD command above works fine until I run that 'IF' statement. I think I might not understand how the `$env:userprofile` part works. Any ideas?

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