Equivalent of "cd %programfiles%" in PowerShell?

Question

In traditional cmd, we can use cd %programfiles% to switch directory which usually resolves to C:\Program Files.

In PowerShell, how can we go to a directory by a environment variable?

Answer 1

The principle is:

$Env:variablename 

So you might try:

cd $Env:Programfiles 

or to temporarily switch working directory to %Programfiles%\MyApp:

Push-Location -Path "$Env:Programfiles\MyApp" # # command execution here # Pop-Location 

To list all environment variables you could do:

Get-ChildItem Env: 

or use the convenient alias:

ls env: