Powershell – Create Year/Month folder structure

Creates multiple folders in specified location for a list of specified years and inserts sub-folders for each month in each year folder.
Scenario: Maintaining dated documents such as photos or receipts. This script quickly creates a suitable folder structure for the years required.

[code lang=”powershell”]
# Inserts directories from a specified start year to an end year and 12 months in each year for each month

# Specify where the folders are to be located
Set-Location ‘D:\Location\To\Insert\Directories’

$RootLocation = $PWD

$StartYear = 1999
$EndYear = 2024

foreach($Year in @($StartYear..$EndYear))
{
mkdir $Year
set-location $PWD/$Year
foreach($Month in @(’01 – Jan’, ’02 – Feb’, ’03 – Mar’, ’04 – Apr’, ’05 – May’, ’06 – Jun’, ’07 – Jul’, ’08 – Aug’, ’09 – Sep’, ’10 – Oct’, ’11 – Nov’, ’12 – Dec’))
{
mkdir $Month
}
set-location $RootLocation
}
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