This is the built-in help made by Microsoft for the command 'Invoke-Item', in PowerShell version 2 - as retrieved from
Windows version 'Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate ' PowerShell help files on 2016-06-23.
For PowerShell version 3 and up, where you have Update-Help, this command was run just before creating the web pages from the help files.
Performs the default action on the specified item.
Invoke-Item [-LiteralPath] <string[]> [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Filter <string>] [-Include <string[]>] [-Confirm] [-Wh
atIf] [-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>]
Invoke-Item [-Path] <string[]> [-Credential <PSCredential>] [-Exclude <string[]>] [-Filter <string>] [-Include <string[]>] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [
-UseTransaction] [<CommonParameters>]
The Invoke-Item cmdlet performs the default action on the specified item. For example, it runs an executable file or opens a document file in the
application associated with the document file type. The default action depends on the type of item and is determined by the Windows PowerShell p
rovider that provides access to the data.
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about_Providers
Clear-Item
Get-Item
Move-Item
Set-Item
New-Item
Remove-Item
Rename-Item
Copy-Item
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-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
C:\PS>invoke-item C:\Test\aliasApr04.doc
Description
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This command opens the file aliasApr04.doc in Microsoft Office Word. In this case, opening in Word is the default action for .doc files.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
C:\PS>invoke-item "C:\Documents and Settings\Lister\My Documents\*.xls"
Description
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This command opens all of the Microsoft Office Excel spreadsheets in the C:\Documents and Settings\Lister\My Documents folder. Each spreadsheet i
s opened in a new instance of Excel. In this case, opening in Excel is the default action for .xls files.