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In Powershell (at least in Windows 10EE), certain parts of the system are exposed under a custom drive label. The two main examples I know are:

1. 
   HKLM: exposes the local machine's registry as a drive.


2. 
   $Env: exposes the environment variables like their own filesystem.

However, cmd and batch scripts are not able to see these drives.

So my questions are:

• How does Powershell implement these fake drive labels?


• Are they similar to mountpoints in Linux?


• Are they using some kind of pseudo-filesystem under the hood?

windows powershell filesystems

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  It has nothing to do with Drive Letter (it is obviously more than a single letter, ain't it?). It is more like internet protocols. http://, ftp:// and remember Windows Help in CHM (compiled HTML) format? There is a special protocol too, mk-itsf:// or something like that. Some programs in Linux utilize the same concept too, example Gnome VFS. On the filesystem level, there are no any "drive labels" in UNIX, at all. But exposing non-files in files tree is the basic idea of UNIX from 1970-s. In Linux too. DevFS, ProcFS, SysFS, FUSE. Also google about Plan9 OS that thinks UNIX does not do enough
  
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  What exactly is "Windows 10EE"?
  
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  @Ramhound Windows 10, Enterprise Edition
  
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  @EdwardMinnix - That is simply Windows 10 Enterprise. Referring to it as Windows 10 EE will confuse people.
  
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1

In Powershell (at least in Windows 10EE), certain parts of the system are exposed under a custom drive label. The two main examples I know are:

1. 
   HKLM: exposes the local machine's registry as a drive.


2. 
   $Env: exposes the environment variables like their own filesystem.

However, cmd and batch scripts are not able to see these drives.

So my questions are:

• How does Powershell implement these fake drive labels?


• Are they similar to mountpoints in Linux?


• Are they using some kind of pseudo-filesystem under the hood?

windows powershell filesystems

share|improve this question

asked 8 hours ago

Edward MinnixEdward Minnix

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• 
  
  
  

  
  2
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  Read Get-Help New-PsDrive,Get-Help about_Providers or view online, about_Providers
  
  – LotPings
  8 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  It has nothing to do with Drive Letter (it is obviously more than a single letter, ain't it?). It is more like internet protocols. http://, ftp:// and remember Windows Help in CHM (compiled HTML) format? There is a special protocol too, mk-itsf:// or something like that. Some programs in Linux utilize the same concept too, example Gnome VFS. On the filesystem level, there are no any "drive labels" in UNIX, at all. But exposing non-files in files tree is the basic idea of UNIX from 1970-s. In Linux too. DevFS, ProcFS, SysFS, FUSE. Also google about Plan9 OS that thinks UNIX does not do enough
  
  – Arioch 'The
  7 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  What exactly is "Windows 10EE"?
  
  – Ramhound
  7 hours ago
  
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @Ramhound Windows 10, Enterprise Edition
  
  – Edward Minnix
  4 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  


• 
  
  
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  
  @EdwardMinnix - That is simply Windows 10 Enterprise. Referring to it as Windows 10 EE will confuse people.
  
  – Ramhound
  3 hours ago
  

  
  
  
  

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In Powershell (at least in Windows 10EE), certain parts of the system are exposed under a custom drive label. The two main examples I know are:

1. 
   HKLM: exposes the local machine's registry as a drive.


2. 
   $Env: exposes the environment variables like their own filesystem.

However, cmd and batch scripts are not able to see these drives.

So my questions are:

• How does Powershell implement these fake drive labels?


• Are they similar to mountpoints in Linux?


• Are they using some kind of pseudo-filesystem under the hood?

windows powershell filesystems

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In PowerShell, those are called PSProviders

PowerShell providers are Microsoft .NET Framework-based programs that
make the data in a specialized data store available in PowerShell so
that you can view and manage it.

cmd / batch is not .NET Framework based, that's why they can't use them.

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In PowerShell, those are called PSProviders

PowerShell providers are Microsoft .NET Framework-based programs that
make the data in a specialized data store available in PowerShell so
that you can view and manage it.

cmd / batch is not .NET Framework based, that's why they can't use them.

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In PowerShell, those are called PSProviders

PowerShell providers are Microsoft .NET Framework-based programs that
make the data in a specialized data store available in PowerShell so
that you can view and manage it.

cmd / batch is not .NET Framework based, that's why they can't use them.

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In PowerShell, those are called PSProviders

PowerShell providers are Microsoft .NET Framework-based programs that
make the data in a specialized data store available in PowerShell so
that you can view and manage it.

cmd / batch is not .NET Framework based, that's why they can't use them.

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