Get-PSProvider - Powershell 2.0 CmdLet

Microsoft Windows PowerShell is a command-line shell and scripting tool based on the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is designed for system administrators, engineers and developers to control and automate the administration of Windows and applications.

More than hundred command-line tools (so called "cmdlets") can be used to perform system administration tasks and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). These cmdlets are easy to use, with standard naming conventions and common parameters, and standard tools for piping, sorting, filtering, and formatting data and objects.

Get-PSProvider

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Short description
Gets information about the specified Windows PowerShell provider.

Syntax
Get-PSProvider [[-PSProvider] <string[]>] [<CommonParameters>]

Description
The Get-PSProvider cmdlet gets the Windows PowerShell providers in the current session. You can get a particular dr
ive or all drives in the session.

Windows PowerShell providers let you access a variety of data stores as though they were file system drives. For in
formation about Windows PowerShell providers, see about_Providers.