Windows 10: MS PowerShell: The "dir" command can't find a direct subdirectory with the exact name.

Discus and support MS PowerShell: The "dir" command can't find a direct subdirectory with the exact name. in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; It's a simple error happened when executing a "dir" command to find the "+Link" directory in the "Test" directory:Windows 11, Up to date on 2022-07-13.... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by HaVX, Jul 14, 2022.

  1. HAVX
    HaVX Win User

    MS PowerShell: The "dir" command can't find a direct subdirectory with the exact name.


    It's a simple error happened when executing a "dir" command to find the "+Link" directory in the "Test" directory:Windows 11, Up to date on 2022-07-13.

    :)
     
    HaVX, Jul 14, 2022
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  2. DAVEM121
    DaveM121 Win User

    Command-line shells, commands like dir /p not working but dir does work

    Hi Rick.

    I am Dave, I will help you with this.

    The dir command works in PowerShell, the dir command with switches like /p does not work in PowerShell, run that command in Command Prompt and it will work.
     
    DaveM121, Jul 14, 2022
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  3. KEITHM
    KeithM Win User
    Cannot get to 'downloads' folder in Command prompt (admin)

    Everybody is giving you cmd.exe commands/switches, but your screenshot shows a PowerShell window!

    The reason familiar commands like cd and dir work in PowerShell is that they are aliases assigned to PowerShell Cmdlets.

    In PowerShell , from C:\Users, try the command: gci -Force to list all subdirectories, including hidden & superhidden. It's possible that a is displayed in Explorer via a LocalizedResourceNa entry in the folder's deskotp.ini file and the underlying file system name is different...
     
    KeithM, Jul 14, 2022
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  4. RELEASETHEKRKN
    ReleaseTheKrkn Win User

    MS PowerShell: The "dir" command can't find a direct subdirectory with the exact name.

    Powershell command file to automatically list file/folder names

    I used "dir /b > file.txt" in a shift+right-click command prompt window to get the result I needed. Now, shift+right-click only shows the option for Powershell. I don't necessarily want to edit the registry to change that so I'm trying to adapt. In Powershell, using the command "ls | % Name file.txt" does the trick but there's two things I want to be able to do...

    1) Double-click a single command file to run the script and automatically generate the text file I need
    2) Have the script ignore the "file.txt" and the command file itself (because it adds "file.txt" to the list, which I don't need)

    I have tried making a .ps1 file but my knowledge is very limited on using Powershell and I can't get it work exactly how I need. I don't need anything from the list other than the file/folder name itself (no properties such as size, type, etc.) Any help would be appreciated.

    Thanks!
     
    ReleaseTheKrkn, Jul 14, 2022
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