PowerShell v2 Create a Centralized Folder with Desktop Management Icons

Again, another hard one to title, but, a useful trick for someone wanting to set up a new box or reimaged machine. One of our techs mentioned the God mode trick:

How to Activate GodMode in Windows 7

Thinking, "Thats a cool trick, let me PowerShell it." I came up with this intitially:

Explorer (md Test.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C})

Okay. Stupid pet trick, but, fun. Thinking of how I could make this more useful, however, I came up with this approach to create a new folder to house a bunch of these sorts of utility links:

# This script creates several regularly used interfaces in one folder for ease of use.
# New folder location
$storagefolder = C: estmyhappyplace
# Links to create
$folderstocreate = @(
All Tasks.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C},
Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D},
Computer and Devices.{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C},
Desktop.{00021400-0000-0000-C000-000000000046},
Install New Programs.{15eae92e-f17a-4431-9f28-805e482dafd4},
Manage Wireless Netowrks.{1FA9085F-25A2-489B-85D4-86326EEDCD87},
Network.{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D},
Network Map.{E7DE9B1A-7533-4556-9484-B26FB486475E},
Recycle Bin.{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E},
Taskbar.{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
)
# Check to see if storage folder exists.
if(-not(Test-Path -Path $storagefolder))
{
New-Item -Path $storagefolder -ItemType Directory |
Out-Null
}
# Create folders
$folderstocreate |
ForEach-Object {
# Test to see if folder already exists
if(-not(Test-Path ($fullpath = "$($Storagefolder)$($_)")))
{
New-Item -Path $fullpath -ItemType Directory | Out-Null
}
}
# Open explorer at folder location
Invoke-Item $storagefolder

Another way to accomplish a similar task might be to copy the .cpl files from C:WindowsSystem32 directory to a new folder:

$storagefolder = C: estmyhappyplace;
Get-ChildItem C:WindowsSystem32 -Filter *.cpl |
ForEach-Object {
Copy-Item $_.FullName $storagefolder
}
Invoke-Item $storagefolder

Okay, enough silly stuff for the morning.

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