In order to find the location of a script, use Split-Path $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
(make sure you use this in the script context).
The reason you should use that and not anything else can be illustrated with this example script.
## ScriptTest.ps1 Write-Host "InvocationName:" $MyInvocation.InvocationName Write-Host "Path:" $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
Here are some results.
PS C:\Users\JasonAr> .\ScriptTest.ps1 InvocationName: .\ScriptTest.ps1 Path: C:\Users\JasonAr\ScriptTest.ps1 PS C:\Users\JasonAr> . .\ScriptTest.ps1 InvocationName: . Path: C:\Users\JasonAr\ScriptTest.ps1 PS C:\Users\JasonAr> & ".\ScriptTest.ps1" InvocationName: & Path: C:\Users\JasonAr\ScriptTest.ps1
In PowerShell 3.0 and later you can use the automatic variable $PSScriptRoot
:
## ScriptTest.ps1 Write-Host "Script:" $PSCommandPath Write-Host "Path:" $PSScriptRoot
PS C:\Users\jarcher> .\ScriptTest.ps1 Script: C:\Users\jarcher\ScriptTest.ps1 Path: C:\Users\jarcher