FolderBookmarks

Module provides functions to manage and use folder bookmarks in PowerShell.

The set bookmarks are automatically stored in a file .folderBM.clixml in the user's profile path (normally C:\Users\<username>\Documents\WindowsPowerShell).

The module is provided under the Apache License Version 2.0. See http://www.apache.org/licenses/ for more details.

Version history

v1.0.4	- Implemented dynamic parameter validation for Use-FolderBookmark and Remove-FolderBookmark
v1.0.3  - Changed/Added some aliases, added Export-ModuleMember for PS4 compatibility
v1.0.2  - Details for publishing
v1.0.1  - Implemented support for -WhatIf and -Confirm in Set-FolderBookmark and Remove-FolderBookmark
v1.0.0  - Initial version

Installation

Please simply execute Install-Module -Name FolderBookmarks in an elevated PowerShell session to install the most current version directly from https://powershellgallery.com.

Available functions

Set-FolderBookmark -Name [name] -Path [C:\path\to\folder\]

The specified path is stored to a bookmark that can be used with Get-FolderBookmark. The list of bookmarks is exported to the user profile using Export-FolderBookmark.

Alias(es): setbm, bookmark

Use-FolderBookmark -Name [name]

Retrieves the folder from a named bookmark and sets current location to the folder.

Alias(es): goto, gobm, go

Remove-FolderBookmark -Name [name[]]

Removes the bookmark with specified name(s) from the bookmark-list. The list of bookmarks is exported to the user profile using Export-FolderBookmark.

Alias(es): rembm, unbookmark

Get-FolderBookmark

Lists the folder bookmarks

Alias(es): getbm, listbm

Export-FolderBookmark

Exports the folder bookmarks to the user's profile folder with the name .folderBM.clixml

Alias(es): expbm

Import-FolderBookmark

Imports the folder bookmarks from the user's profile file with the name .folderBM.clixml. Existing bookmarks in memory will be overwritten.

To automatically import the bookmarks into each user session, it's advised to add the command to the users profile script.

Alias(es): impbm

Knowledge

The bookmarks are stored to the user's profile path into a file with name .folderBM.clixml. To load the bookmarks automatically on startup of a new session, I suggest to add the Import-FolderBookmark call in your $profile (normally C:\Users\detlefs\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1).

To delete all bookmarks

If you need to empty the list of bookmarks completely, you can easily do this by piping the list of bookmarks to the Remove-FolderBookmark function.

Example: Get-FolderBookmark | Remove-FolderBookmark -WhatIf (or: getbm | rembm)