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System.Management.Automation.PathInfo (class)

A System.Management.Automation.PathInfo object represents a path (such as a file system path or a registry key name).

A PathInfo object is returned in PowerShell by cmdLets such as get-location, resolve-path or the automatic variable $pwd.

Sometimes (I have not figured out when exactly), the ToString() method of PathInfo prepends the path with some provider related information (for example Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::) which can be, frankly, quite a nuisance.

In order to get rid of this prefix, the providerPath property must be used:

"Current directory is: $pwd"
#
# Current directory is: Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\FileSystem::P:\ath\to\directory

"Current directory is: $($pwd.providerPath)"
#
# Current directory is: P:\ath\to\directory

System.Management.Automation.PathInfo (class)

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