Powershell - Creating a shared folder

Would you like to learn how to use Powershell to create a shared folder? In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to create a shared folder using the Powershell command-line on a computer running Windows.

• Windows 2012 R2
• Windows 2016
• Windows 2019
• Windows 10
• Windows 7

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Tutorial Powershell - Create a shared folder

As an Administrator, start an elevated Powershell command-line.

Create a new directory.

Here is the command output:

Create a shared folder using Powershell.

Here is the command output:

Optionally, configure the change permission.

Here is the folder permissions.

List available shared folders.

Here is the command output:

In our example, we created a shared folder named SOFTWARE.

Congratulations! You are able to create a shared folder using Powershell.