FileShareUtils

1.0.25

PowerShell module to work on file shares on Windows servers and NAS (like NetApp) WITHOUT using WMI.

Minimum PowerShell version

3.0

Installation Options

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Install-Module -Name FileShareUtils

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Install-PSResource -Name FileShareUtils

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Owners

CamFlyerCH

Copyright

Package Details

Author(s)

Jean-Marc Ulrich (CamFlyerCH)

Functions

Get-NetShares Get-NetShare Get-NetFileShares New-NetShare Set-NetShare Remove-NetShare Redo-NetShare Get-NetShareDiskspace Get-NetSessions Close-NetSession Get-NetOpenFiles Close-NetOpenFiles Get-SnapshotPath Get-SnapshotItems Convert-SDDLToACL Convert-ACLTextToShareACL Convert-ShareACLToText Get-DNSReverseLookup

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

1.0.25 - 17.10.2026
- Get-NetShares: levels 0, 1, 2, 501 (share flags) and 503 (ScopeName)
- Get-NetShare, Get-NetFileShares: -Level 501 reads the share flags without admin rights
- Share flags also show ContinuouslyAvailable and CompressData
- Clearer errors for missing rights and unsupported levels
- Fix: ShareACLText empty in PowerShell 7
- Fix: Type of special shares (C$, ADMIN$, IPC$)
- Fix: Buffer handling
- Fix: Get-DNSReverseLookup was not available
- New: Tests/Test-NetShareInfoLevels.ps1 shows the readable levels per account

FileList

Version History

Version	Downloads	Last updated
1.0.25 (current version)	5	10/17/2026
1.0.24	17,030	9/16/2023
1.0.23	1,919	3/20/2021
1.0.22	27,359	3/24/2020
1.0.19	3,666	2/26/2019
1.0.18	142	12/1/2018
1.0.16	213	7/11/2018
1.0.15	99	5/24/2018
1.0.14	46	5/20/2018
1.0.12	39	5/19/2018
1.0.11	38	5/19/2018
1.0.7	39	5/19/2018
1.0.6	42	5/19/2018
1.0.1	42	5/18/2018
1.0	87	5/18/2018