[SOLVED]Customize Windows Explorer Settings using PowerShell

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by DexterPOSH at 2013-04-06 23:11:02

Hi Everyone,

So this question came up in our PowerShell UG Meet.
How can we customize windows explorer using PowerShell ?
Here’s an example : By default Windows Explorer hides the extension of the files…to see those we need to go to Organize > Folder and Search Options in the Explorer windows and make changes , as shown below:
a user uploaded image

Can I achieve the same using PowerShell ?
I tried Google but can’t seem to get what I desire there.

Thanks for helping :slight_smile:
by DonJ at 2013-04-06 23:17:44
Not directly. You’d have to find wherever that is kept in the registry and modify it that way, which you can do with PowerShell.
by DexterPOSH at 2013-04-06 23:26:58
Thanks Don Sir,

Making changes to registry makes better sense :slight_smile:
I just found out that this question had already been there in stackoverflow, below is the link
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4491999/configure-windows-explorer-folder-options-through-powershell

Thanks a lot again