Comments on: Working with the file system and PS drives http://pshell.info/basics/139/working-with-the-file-system-and-ps-drives/ PowerShell for Everyone Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:06:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Jeffrey Snover http://pshell.info/basics/139/working-with-the-file-system-and-ps-drives/#comment-3 Jeffrey Snover Sun, 25 Feb 2007 22:31:12 +0000 http://pshell.info/?p=139#comment-3 > So if you do invoke-item mydoc.doC Word will be used to open the file. One of my most frequently used aliases is II (for Invoke-item). This means you can just type: ii mydoc.doc or ii . Jeffrey Snover [MSFT] Windows PowerShell/MMC Architect Visit the Windows PowerShell Team blog at: http://blogs.msdn.com/PowerShell Visit the Windows PowerShell ScriptCenter at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/hubs/msh.mspx > So if you do invoke-item mydoc.doC Word will be used to open the file.

One of my most frequently used aliases is II (for Invoke-item). This means you can just type:
ii mydoc.doc
or
ii .

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows PowerShell/MMC Architect
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