howdy y'all,

got curious about "Special Folders" and decided to write a function to grab the info. so, it works, but i have a few questions [not counting the placeholder CBH [grin]] ...

[1] what did i leave out/do wrong/do less than optimally?

[2] should i deal with using both the switches?
right now it takes both and only responds to the 1st in the switch block. i suspect i otta make them exclusive somehow.
[decided to go with a three-value selector instead of two switches.]

[3] is there any graceful way to return only the user items?
checking for the username won't always work. i redirected my docs & music to D:\Data\*, so that won't do the job for my setup.

[4] should i short-circuit the $WhatToReturn decision?
the current switch is very clear, but it requires building the $TempObject for each item. that could be sidestepped for NameOnly & PathOnly by returning that info instead building the $TempObject.
i don't think it would save enuf time to make it worth the lessened clarity, tho. [frown]

original version ...
[PowerShell] function Get-SpecialFolderInfo - 2018.01.19.18.48.11 - Pastebin.com
— https://pastebin.com/XZC0BXWJ

current version ...
[PowerShell] function Get-SpecialFolderInfo - 2018.01.20.15.54.11 - Pastebin.com
— https://pastebin.com/UXn6fPrZ

take care,
lee