I have on my computer the excellent PSScriptTools module from Jeff Hicks since a while.
It contains so many useful cmdlets!
And I was already using the Show-Tree
cmdlet, but I was not aware that it can display the tree of any PSProvider…
Try it yourself! It is so easy…
Install-Module -Name PSScriptTools
File system
Show-Tree 'C:\ProgramData\' -Path -Depth 3 -InColor
If you want also to display files:
Show-Tree 'C:\ProgramData\' -Path -Depth 3 -InColor -ShowItem
Active Directory
Show-Tree -Path 'AD:\' -Depth 3
VMWare VM folders
Show-Tree -Path 'vi:\' -Depth 3
If you want also to display the VMs in each folder:
Show-Tree -Path 'vi:\' -Depth 3 -ShowItem
VMWare data store
Show-Tree -Path 'vmstore:\' -Depth 3
If you want also to display files:
Show-Tree -Path 'vmstore:\' -Depth 3 -ShowItem
Registry
Show-Tree -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' -Depth 3
If you want also to display registry value names:
Show-Tree -Path 'HKLM:\SYSTEM\' -Depth 3 -ShowProperty *
WSMan configuration
Show-Tree -Path 'WSMan:\' -Depth 3
If you want also to display registry value names:
Show-Tree -Path 'WSMan:\' -Depth 3 -ShowItem
Caveats
Unfortunately, while the -InColor
parameter is working fine in PowerShell 5.1, it has no impact in my PowerShell 7.3.4 session in the latest Windows Terminal 1.16.10261.0 console.
Also, with the current version (2.47.0), the -ShowItem
has no impact when displaying Active Directory trees. It always displays computer and user accounts, and I could not find a way to display only Organizational Units, even with -ShowItem:$false
.
I guess, Jeff will fix this as soon as he will find some time…
Or maybe concerning the Active Directory, Jeff will decide to add the Show-Domain function to the PSScriptTools module…
Conclusion
Show-Tree
is a great cmdlet and I will be definitely more reluctant to open a GUI console :)
Also, I strongly encourage you to explore the other cmdlets from the PSScriptTools module.
Get-Command -Module PSScriptTools
You will soon become a PowerShell maximalist too… :)