Scripts to manage current location on Windows devices

The current working directory refers to the directory in a file system that is currently being accessed and viewed by the user or program. In simpler terms, it is the directory that a user is currently “in” or “working on” in their command prompt or file explorer. Managing the current working directory is a crucial aspect of working with command-line interfaces on Windows devices.

Execute scripts via Hexnode’s Execute Custom Script action to manage the directory locations.

PowerShell commands to manage current location

Get the current location

The “Get-Location” command will determine the path of current directory.

Set the current location

The “Set-Location” command lets you to specify the current location. The “-Path” parameter specifies the new path that you want to set as the current directory location.

The “–PassThru” parameter verifies that a successful directory change has occurred by returning the new location.

E.g., To set the current working directory to ‘C:\Windows’, use this command:

Set-Location -Path C:\Windows -PassThru

Pushing a new location to the stack of directory path

The “Push-Location” command is used to change the current directory location to a new path. When you execute this command, the current directory location is saved to a location stack, and the new path is set as the current directory location.

E.g., To set the path ‘Media’ to current location ‘C:\Windows’, use this command:

Set-Location -Path C:\Windows

Push-Location -Path "Media" -PassThru

Pop back to last visited location

The “Pop-Location” command pops you back to the recently visited directory.

E.g., The following command will pop you back to the ‘C:\Windows’ directory.

Set-Location -Path C:\Windows

Push-Location -Path "Media"

Pop-Location -PassThru