According to MSDN "A Windows PowerShell drive is a data store location that you can access like a file system drive in Windows PowerShell."

You can use the Power of PS to create drives like ( within Windows PowerShell)

• file system drives (including C: and D:)
• registry drives (HKCU: and HKLM:)
• certificate drive (Cert:)
• Your own Windows PowerShell drives

Type the cmdlet Get-PSDrive in the console and check what are the available PSDrive for you. PSDrive is an interface between the Shell and the storage system.

Use the New-PSDrive cmdlet to create new drives.

PS HKCU:\software> cd c:
PS C:\Users\manas> cd HKCU:
PS HKCU:\software> dir 's*'


    Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software


SKC  VC Name                           Property
---  -- ----                           --------
  1   0 Skype                          {}
  1   0 Stilesoft                      {}
  3   0 Sysinternals                   {}
  1   0 Systweak                       {}

We are talking about PowerShell drives, so don't try to search them in Explorer :)

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