GenXdev.Windows

1.106.2025

Functions/GenXdev.Windows/Set-KnownFolderPath.ps1

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# Define known folder GUIDs

$KnownFolders = @{

    '3DObjects'             = '31C0DD25-9439-4F12-BF41-7FF4EDA38722';

    'AddNewPrograms'        = 'de61d971-5ebc-4f02-a3a9-6c82895e5c04';

    'AdminTools'            = '724EF170-A42D-4FEF-9F26-B60E846FBA4F';

    'AppUpdates'            = 'a305ce99-f527-492b-8b1a-7e76fa98d6e4';

    'CDBurning'             = '9E52AB10-F80D-49DF-ACB8-4330F5687855';

    'ChangeRemovePrograms'  = 'df7266ac-9274-4867-8d55-3bd661de872d';

    'CommonAdminTools'      = 'D0384E7D-BAC3-4797-8F14-CBA229B392B5';

    'CommonOEMLinks'        = 'C1BAE2D0-10DF-4334-BEDD-7AA20B227A9D';

    'CommonPrograms'        = '0139D44E-6AFE-49F2-8690-3DAFCAE6FFB8';

    'CommonStartMenu'       = 'A4115719-D62E-491D-AA7C-E74B8BE3B067';

    'CommonStartup'         = '82A5EA35-D9CD-47C5-9629-E15D2F714E6E';

    'CommonTemplates'       = 'B94237E7-57AC-4347-9151-B08C6C32D1F7';

    'ComputerFolder'        = '0AC0837C-BBF8-452A-850D-79D08E667CA7';

    'ConflictFolder'        = '4bfefb45-347d-4006-a5be-ac0cb0567192';

    'ConnectionsFolder'     = '6F0CD92B-2E97-45D1-88FF-B0D186B8DEDD';

    'Contacts'              = '56784854-C6CB-462b-8169-88E350ACB882';

    'ControlPanelFolder'    = '82A74AEB-AEB4-465C-A014-D097EE346D63';

    'Cookies'               = '2B0F765D-C0E9-4171-908E-08A611B84FF6';

    'Desktop'               = 'B4BFCC3A-DB2C-424C-B029-7FE99A87C641';

    'Documents'             = 'FDD39AD0-238F-46AF-ADB4-6C85480369C7';

    'Downloads'             = '374DE290-123F-4565-9164-39C4925E467B';

    'Favorites'             = '1777F761-68AD-4D8A-87BD-30B759FA33DD';

    'Fonts'                 = 'FD228CB7-AE11-4AE3-864C-16F3910AB8FE';

    'Games'                 = 'CAC52C1A-B53D-4edc-92D7-6B2E8AC19434';

    'GameTasks'             = '054FAE61-4DD8-4787-80B6-090220C4B700';

    'History'               = 'D9DC8A3B-B784-432E-A781-5A1130A75963';

    'InternetCache'         = '352481E8-33BE-4251-BA85-6007CAEDCF9D';

    'InternetFolder'        = '4D9F7874-4E0C-4904-967B-40B0D20C3E4B';

    'Links'                 = 'bfb9d5e0-c6a9-404c-b2b2-ae6db6af4968';

    'LocalAppData'          = 'F1B32785-6FBA-4FCF-9D55-7B8E7F157091';

    'LocalAppDataLow'       = 'A520A1A4-1780-4FF6-BD18-167343C5AF16';

    'LocalizedResourcesDir' = '2A00375E-224C-49DE-B8D1-440DF7EF3DDC';

    'Music'                 = '4BD8D571-6D19-48D3-BE97-422220080E43';

    'NetHood'               = 'C5ABBF53-E17F-4121-8900-86626FC2C973';

    'NetworkFolder'         = 'D20BEEC4-5CA8-4905-AE3B-BF251EA09B53';

    'OriginalImages'        = '2C36C0AA-5812-4b87-BFD0-4CD0DFB19B39';

    'PhotoAlbums'           = '69D2CF90-FC33-4FB7-9A0C-EBB0F0FCB43C';

    'Pictures'              = '33E28130-4E1E-4676-835A-98395C3BC3BB';

    'Playlists'             = 'DE92C1C7-837F-4F69-A3BB-86E631204A23';

    'PrintersFolder'        = '76FC4E2D-D6AD-4519-A663-37BD56068185';

    'PrintHood'             = '9274BD8D-CFD1-41C3-B35E-B13F55A758F4';

    'Profile'               = '5E6C858F-0E22-4760-9AFE-EA3317B67173';

    'ProgramData'           = '62AB5D82-FDC1-4DC3-A9DD-070D1D495D97';

    'ProgramFiles'          = '905e63b6-c1bf-494e-b29c-65b732d3d21a';

    'ProgramFilesX64'       = '6D809377-6AF0-444b-8957-A3773F02200E';

    'ProgramFilesX86'       = '7C5A40EF-A0FB-4BFC-874A-C0F2E0B9FA8E';

    'ProgramFilesCommon'    = 'F7F1ED05-9F6D-47A2-AAAE-29D317C6F066';

    'ProgramFilesCommonX64' = '6365D5A7-0F0D-45E5-87F6-0DA56B6A4F7D';

    'ProgramFilesCommonX86' = 'DE974D24-D9C6-4D3E-BF91-F4455120B917';

    'Programs'              = 'A77F5D77-2E2B-44C3-A6A2-ABA601054A51';

    'Public'                = 'DFDF76A2-C82A-4D63-906A-5644AC457385';

    'PublicDesktop'         = 'C4AA340D-F20F-4863-AFEF-F87EF2E6BA25';

    'PublicDocuments'       = 'ED4824AF-DCE4-45A8-81E2-FC7965083634';

    'PublicDownloads'       = '3D644C9B-1FB8-4f30-9B45-F670235F79C0';

    'PublicGameTasks'       = 'DEBF2536-E1A8-4c59-B6A2-414586476AEA';

    'PublicMusic'           = '3214FAB5-9757-4298-BB61-92A9DEAA44FF';

    'PublicPictures'        = 'B6EBFB86-6907-413C-9AF7-4FC2ABF07CC5';

    'PublicVideos'          = '2400183A-6185-49FB-A2D8-4A392A602BA3';

    'QuickLaunch'           = '52a4f021-7b75-48a9-9f6b-4b87a210bc8f';

    'Recent'                = 'AE50C081-EBD2-438A-8655-8A092E34987A';

    'RecycleBinFolder'      = 'B7534046-3ECB-4C18-BE4E-64CD4CB7D6AC';

    'ResourceDir'           = '8AD10C31-2ADB-4296-A8F7-E4701232C972';

    'RoamingAppData'        = '3EB685DB-65F9-4CF6-A03A-E3EF65729F3D';

    'SampleMusic'           = 'B250C668-F57D-4EE1-A63C-290EE7D1AA1F';

    'SamplePictures'        = 'C4900540-2379-4C75-844B-64E6FAF8716B';

    'SamplePlaylists'       = '15CA69B3-30EE-49C1-ACE1-6B5EC372AFB5';

    'SampleVideos'          = '859EAD94-2E85-48AD-A71A-0969CB56A6CD';

    'SavedGames'            = '4C5C32FF-BB9D-43b0-B5B4-2D72E54EAAA4';

    'SavedSearches'         = '7d1d3a04-debb-4115-95cf-2f29da2920da';

    'SEARCH_CSC'            = 'ee32e446-31ca-4aba-814f-a5ebd2fd6d5e';

    'SEARCH_MAPI'           = '98ec0e18-2098-4d44-8644-66979315a281';

    'SearchHome'            = '190337d1-b8ca-4121-a639-6d472d16972a';

    'SendTo'                = '8983036C-27C0-404B-8F08-102D10DCFD74';

    'SidebarDefaultParts'   = '7B396E54-9EC5-4300-BE0A-2482EBAE1A26';

    'SidebarParts'          = 'A75D362E-50FC-4fb7-AC2C-A8BEAA314493';

    'StartMenu'             = '625B53C3-AB48-4EC1-BA1F-A1EF4146FC19';

    'Startup'               = 'B97D20BB-F46A-4C97-BA10-5E3608430854';

    'SyncManagerFolder'     = '43668BF8-C14E-49B2-97C9-747784D784B7';

    'SyncResultsFolder'     = '289a9a43-be44-4057-a41b-587a76d7e7f9';

    'SyncSetupFolder'       = '0F214138-B1D3-4a90-BBA9-27CBC0C5389A';

    'System'                = '1AC14E77-02E7-4E5D-B744-2EB1AE5198B7';

    'SystemX86'             = 'D65231B0-B2F1-4857-A4CE-A8E7C6EA7D27';

    'Templates'             = 'A63293E8-664E-48DB-A079-DF759E0509F7';

    'TreeProperties'        = '5b3749ad-b49f-49c1-83eb-15370fbd4882';

    'UserProfiles'          = '0762D272-C50A-4BB0-A382-697DCD729B80';

    'UsersFiles'            = 'f3ce0f7c-4901-4acc-8648-d5d44b04ef8f';

    'Videos'                = '18989B1D-99B5-455B-841C-AB7C74E4DDFC';

    'Windows'               = 'F38BF404-1D43-42F2-9305-67DE0B28FC23';

}

<#

.SYNOPSIS

Sets a known folder's path using Windows Shell API.

.DESCRIPTION

Uses the Windows Shell32 API to set the physical path of a known folder like

Documents, Downloads etc.

.PARAMETER KnownFolder

The known folder whose path to set. Must be one of the predefined folder names.

.PARAMETER Path

The new physical path for the known folder.

.EXAMPLE

Set-KnownFolderPath -KnownFolder 'Desktop' -Path 'D:\Desktop'

.NOTES

Requires elevation for system folders.

#>

function Set-KnownFolderPath {

    [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true, ConfirmImpact = "High")]

    param(

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        [Parameter(

            Mandatory = $true,

            Position = 0,

            HelpMessage = "Known folder to modify"

        )]

        [ValidateSet('3DObjects', 'Desktop', 'Documents', 'Downloads',

            'Pictures', 'Videos')]

        [string] $KnownFolder,

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        [Parameter(

            Mandatory = $true,

            Position = 1,

            HelpMessage = "New path for the known folder"

        )]

        [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]

        [string] $Path

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    )

    begin {

        # initialize type for shell32 api call if not already defined

        $type = ([System.Management.Automation.PSTypeName]`

            'KnownFolders.SHSetKnownFolderPathPS').Type

        if (-not $type) {

            # define signature for shell32 api call with proper DllImport

            $signature = @'

[DllImport("shell32.dll")]

public extern static int SHSetKnownFolderPath(ref Guid folderId, uint flags, IntPtr token,

    [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string path);

'@

            $type = Add-Type -MemberDefinition $signature -Namespace 'KnownFolders' `

                -Name 'SHSetKnownFolderPathPS' -PassThru

        }

        Write-Verbose "Attempting to set $KnownFolder folder to: $Path"

    }

    process {

        # verify the target path exists

        if (-not (Test-Path -Path $Path -PathType Container)) {

            $msg = "Could not find folder path: $Path"

            Write-Error -Message $msg

            throw [System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException] $msg

        }

        # get the known folder guid

        $knownFolderId = $KnownFolders[$KnownFolder]

        Write-Verbose "Known folder ID: $knownFolderId"

        if ($PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess($Path, "Set $KnownFolder location")) {

            # call the shell32 api to update the folder path

            $result = $type::SHSetKnownFolderPath([ref]$knownFolderId, 0, 0, $Path)

            Write-Verbose "SHSetKnownFolderPath returned: $result"

            return $result

        }

    }

}

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