The New-Object cmdlet creates an instance of a .NET Framework or COM object.

You can specify either the type of a .NET Framework class or a ProgID of a COM object. By default, you type the fully qualified name of a .NET Framework class and the cmdlet returns a reference to an instance of that class. To create an instance of a COM object, use the ComObject parameter and specify the ProgID of the object as its value.

-ArgumentList <Object[]>

-ComObject <string>

-Property <hashtable>

-Strict

-TypeName <string>

<CommonParameters>

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet. The return type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet returns.

New-Object provides the most commonly-used functionality of the VBScript CreateObject function. A statement like Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") in VBScript can be translated to $objShell = new-object -comobject "Shell.Application" in Windows PowerShell.

New-Object expands upon the functionality available in the Windows Script Host environment by making it easy to work with .NET Framework objects from the command line and within scripts.

C:\PS>new-object -typename System.Version -argumentlist "1.2.3.4" 

Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
1      2      3      4

Description

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This command creates a System.Version object using the string "1.2.3.4" as the constructor.

C:\PS>$ie = new-object -comobject InternetExplorer.Application -property @{navigate2="www.microsoft.com"; visible = $true}

Description

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This command creates an instance of the COM object that represents the Internet Explorer application. It uses the Property parameter to call the Navigate2 method and to set the Visible property of the object to $true to make the application visible.

This command is the equivalent of the following:

$ie = new-object -comobject InternetExplorer.Application

$ie.navigate2("www.microsoft.com")

$ie.visible = $true

C:\PS>$a=new-object -comobject Word.Application -strict -property @{visible=$true}

New-Object : The object written to the pipeline is an instance of the type
"Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.ApplicationClass" from the component's prima
ry interop assembly. If this type exposes different members than the IDispa
tch members, scripts written to work with this object might not work if the
 primary interop assembly is not installed.
At line:1 char:14
+ $a=New-Object  <<<< -COM Word.Application -Strict; $a.visible=$true

Description

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This command demonstrates that specifying the Strict parameter causes the New-Object cmdlet to generate a non-terminating error when the COM object that is created uses an interop assembly.

C:\PS>$objshell = new-object -comobject "Shell.Application"

C:\PS> $objshell | get-member

C:\PS> $objshell.ToggleDesktop()

Description

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The command uses the ComObject parameter to create a COM object with the "Shell.Application" ProgID. It stores the resulting object in the $objShell variable.

The second command pipes the $objShell variable to the Get-Member cmdlet, which displays the properties and methods of the COM object.

The third command calls the ToggleDesktop method of the object to minimize the open windows on your desktop.

Concepts