While software can sync files and folders for you, it's often limited in scope. Learn how a PowerShell script can help you build a custom solution.

Is there any way to use Powershell to delete all items in a specific folder in Exchange 2010 SP3? The only option seems to be Search-Mailbox but that will not take folder input.

Copying files in PowerShell is easy. Copy-Item is your friend. Simply specify the source and destination and you're done. The same even goes for entire folders. It's easy to copy entire folders or all ...

PowerShell will archive the files specified without touching the others explicitly. Bear in mind that subdirectories and the files of the root folder aren’t included in the archive with this method.

Technically, I was trying to get rid of a a folder within a folder within a folder by deleting the top-level folder—a mouthful, I know—but Windows wouldn’t delete it.

To monitor a folder for new files in Windows with PowerShell, we can use a .NET class called FileSystemWatcher. This class is in the System.IO namespace and can be created with the New-Object cmdlet.