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Read ShellFolders of another user on the system (PowerShell)

May 6th, 2015
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  1. # Read ShellFolders of another user on the system
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  3. # $sid = (gwmi win32_useraccount | where {$_.name -eq "appv" }).sid
  4. # (The above method is not the way to go because it is querying the complete active directory which is time & resource consuming)
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  6. $user= New-Object System.Security.Principal.NTAccount($env:USERDOMAIN, "erik")
  7. $sid = $User.Translate([System.Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
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  9. $null = New-PSDrive -PSProvider Registry -Name HKU -Root HKEY_USERS -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
  10. Get-ItemProperty "HKU:\$($sid.value)\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders"
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