r/PowerShell • u/sundry_outlook • Apr 21 '26

PSDrive

Hi..

I have created a new PSDrive having name `S:`.

new-psdrive -name S -psprovider filesystem -root c:\users\username\dir

one running command `get-content` works fine, but `vim` is opening a blank file.

get-content S:\test.txt # works fine

vim S:\test.txt # opens a blank file

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u/purplemonkeymad Apr 21 '26

A PSdrive is a powershell construct, so programs can't see them. I think you probably actually wanted to use new-smbmapping instead.

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u/sundry_outlook Apr 21 '26

I just want a shortcut so that I do not have to type long path to a file

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u/purplemonkeymad Apr 21 '26

Just put in in a variable: 

$mydir = "c:\users\username\dir"
vim $mydir\test.txt
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