PowerShell File copy - Source path is not fixed.

Question

Hi,

I have several directories under C:\Users\ folder and I need to copy a file Z:\MyDemoFile.txt to each user profile.

Currently, I am doing this one-by-one like this:

$SourceDir ="Z:\DemoFile.txt"  
$DestinationDir = "C:\Users\$env:USERNAME\"  

Is it possible to do this with PS to copy a file to each subfolder under C:\Users (skipping Default and Public folders) and not to children directories. For example, for user User1, DemoFile.txt should only be copy to C:\User1\DemoFile.txt.

Answer 1

The foreach-object is missing

 $SourceDir ="Z:\DemoFile.txt"  
 Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Users" -Directory -Exclude "Public","Default","default*" | foreach-object{Copy-Item -Path $SourceDir -Destination $_}  

Best Regards，
Ian Xue

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Answer 2

Maybe this is helpful (not tested):

$SourceDir ="Z:\DemoFile.txt"
Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Users" -Directory -Exclude "Public","Default","default*" | Copy-Item -Path $SourceDir -Destination $_

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 3

Thanks Andreas for reply, unfortunately it return error (one per each user), see below.

Answer 4

Thanks Ian, it worked flawlessly, thanks for sharing.