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Powershell command noun: itemProperty

With the itemProperty command noun, an item's (such as a file's, directory's or registry key's) attributes can be modified.

Commands related to the PowerShell command noun itemProperty:

File and directory attributes

File ind directory related attributes that can be gotten and set (if not read only) are:

Attribute Name	Data Type	Writable	Comment
`Attributes`	`System.IO.FileAttributes`	✓
`CreationTime`	`System.DateTime`	✓
`CreationTimeUtc`	`System.DateTime`	✓
`Directory`	`System.IO.DirectoryInfo`	✗	Files only
`DirectoryName`	`System.String`	✗	Files only
`Exists`	`System.Boolean`	✗	?
`Extension`	`System.String`	✗
`FullName`	`System.String`	✗
`IsReadOnly`	`System.Boolean`	✓	Files only
`LastAccessTime`	`System.DateTime`	✓
`LastAccessTimeUtc`	`System.DateTime`	✓
`LastWriteTime`	`System.DateTime`	✓
`LastWriteTimeUtc`	`System.DateTime`	✓
`Length`	`System.Int64`	✗	Files only
`Name`	`System.String`	✗
`Parent`	`System.IO.DirectoryInfo`	✗	Directories only
`Root`	`System.IO.DirectoryInfo`	✗	Directories only

Registry values

For PowerShell, registry values are itemProperties, not items: in order to create a new value with PowerShell, the new-itemProperty cmdLet is needed.

So, in that respect, the registry values are treated differently from file-system files in PowerShell.

See also

PowerShell providers

The cmdLet nouns item and itemPropertyValue.

Powershell command nouns