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Asked: 2026-06-14T06:52:12+00:00

In powershell this variable is the path to the profile: $Profile On my system

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In powershell this variable is the path to the profile: $Profile

On my system it equals:

  C:\Users\Warren\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1

I would like to get just the path part:

  C:\Users\Warren\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\

In C# you would call Path.GetDirectoryName, so I guess I can call [system.io.Path]::GetDirectoryName($fileName) but I’m wondering if there’s a builtin path manipulation system I should know about in PowerShell?

Is this what people do?

   [system.io.Path]::GetDirectoryName($Profile)
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  1. Editorial Team

    Use the Split-Path cmdlet:

    Split-Path $PROFILE -Parent
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