Error when trying to use powershell object

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I'm trying to do something very simple, but with being new to powershell I'm having trouble figuring out what is wrong:

PS C:\Windows\system32> $directoryMaker = New-Object [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory("C:\test")
New-Object : Cannot find type [[System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory]: make sure the assembly containing this type is loaded.
At line:1 char:19
+ $directoryMaker = New-Object [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory("C:\test")
+                   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidType: (:) [New-Object], PSArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : TypeNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewObjectCommand

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:25:35Z

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try just:

$directoryMaker = [System.IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory("C:\test")

In this case you are using a static method ( CreateDirectory(string s) ) of the [System.IO.Directory] then you don't need to instantiate a [System.IO.Directory] object to reference the new folder created by this method itself.

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:25

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nullByteMe Over a year ago

Thanks a lot, I still haven't learned my way around powershell.

CB. Over a year ago

@inquisitor This is more c# then Powershell, the powershell way is: $directoryMaker = new-item -Path c:\test -type directory

nullByteMe Over a year ago

Yeah I was experimenting with C# because I have to do some custom things with streams and wanted to make sure I understood how to do something more simple. Thanks so much!

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