Comments on: How to download a file using PowerShell in Windows 11/10

By: Brooke Taylor

Brooke Taylor — Thu, 04 Jan 2018 22:23:00 +0000

I also have the same issue, what I’m trying to do is copy folders from our http server to a local server, here is what I have

$source = “http://servername/serverupdates/deploy/Program%20Files/”
$destination = “C:Program Files”
$client = new-object System.Net.WebClient
$client.DownloadFile($source, $destination)

By: Digdarshan Kavia

Digdarshan Kavia — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:07:00 +0000

In reply to Arkitech. There can be numerous way of course. Just using one of those here :)

By: Digdarshan Kavia

Digdarshan Kavia — Wed, 29 Jun 2016 13:47:00 +0000

In reply to Doron.

Let’s define source and destination first, try this:

$source = “http://thewindowsclub.thewindowsclubco.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Copy-Download-Link.png”

$destination = “C:UsersLDORONYDesktop1.png”

$client = new-object System.Net.WebClient

$client.DownloadFile($source, $destination)

By: Doron

Doron — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 20:09:00 +0000

In reply to Digdarshan Kavia. running with administrative privileges and still the same issue

By: Arkitech

Arkitech — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 19:03:00 +0000

Why would you not use Invoke-WebRequest:


Invoke-WebRequest -outfile https://urltofile.com/file.zip filenameyouwant.zip