powershell - copy specific user folders based on last modified - powershell

Question

I need to copy the Documents, Favorites, and Desktop folders for each user that has logged in to the PC in the last 30 days.
I'm just starting to learn powershell and I've got a decent start I think, but I'm wasting too much time. This is a project for work, and I've found myself just digging for solutions to X problem only to run into another at the next turn. Spent about a month trying to get this sorted out thus far, and thrown away a lot of codes.
What I have as of right now is this:
Get-ChildItem -path c:\users |Where-Object { $_.lastwritetime -gt (get-date).AddDays(-30)}
I know that this line will return the user folders that I need. At this point, I need code that will go in to each childitem from above and pull out the Documents, Favorites, and Desktop folder.
Now the tricky part. I need the code to create a folder on c: with the username it is pulling those folders from.
So the solution should:
for each user logged in in last 30 days;
copy Documents, Favorites, Desktop folder from their user drive
create a folder on c:\ for that user name
paste Documents, Favorites, Desktop to that folder
To better cover the scope:
I have to reimage PCs a lot in my department. The process of "inventorying" a PC is copying those folders and replacing them on the new PC I image for the user. That way their desktop etc looks the same and functions the same when they get their new PC. This code will be part of a larger code that ultimately "inventories" the entire PC for me... Ultimately, I want to be able to run my script for 2 seconds and then pull X folders and X documents off the c: drive on that PC as opposed to click, click, click, click a hundred times for 9 users that have used the PC in the last 30 days.
Any ideas?
2dubs

Answer 1

$usersFoldr = Get-ChildItem -path c:\users | Where-Object { $_.lastwritetime -gt (get-date).AddDays(-30)}
foreach ($f in $usersFoldr){
$toFld = "c:usrTest\" + $f.Name +"\Desktop\"
New-Item $toFld -type directory -force
Get-ChildItem ($f.FullName + "\Desktop") | Copy-Item -destination $toFld -Recurse -Force
}

Answer 2

Thanks to #bagger for his contribution. He was close.
After some experimentation, I found that this is the actual solution:
$usersFoldr = Get-ChildItem -path c:\users | Where-Object {
$_.lastwritetime -gt (get-date).AddDays(-30)}
foreach ($f in $usersFoldr)
{
$doc = "c:\users\$f\documents"
$toFldDoc = "c:\$f\documents"
New-Item $doc -type directory -force
Copy-Item $doc $toFldDoc -recurse -Force
}
foreach ($f in $usersFoldr){
$desk = "c:\users\$f\desktop"
$toFldDesk = "c:\$f\desktop"
New-Item $desk -type directory -force
Copy-Item $desk $toFldDesk -recurse -Force
}
foreach ($f in $usersFoldr){
$fav = "c:\users\$f\favorites"
$toFldFav = "c:\$f\favorites"
New-Item $fav -type directory -force
Copy-Item $fav $toFldFav -recurse -Force
}
Then save this file, send a shortcut of it to the desktop, then change the target of the shortcut to this:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -f "C:\YOURDIRECTORY\YOURSCRIPTNAME.ps1"
Then run that shortcut as an administrator. Works like gold.
Thanks for your help, guys! :)
For anyone interested in the whole script:
Inventory script to copy pertinent files for all users in last 30 days, gather printer hostname/driver/IP, gather serialnumber, gather make/model.
$usersFoldr = Get-ChildItem -path c:\users | Where-Object {
$_.lastwritetime -gt (get-date).AddDays(-30)}
foreach ($f in $usersFoldr){
$doc = "c:\users\$f\documents"
$toFldDoc = "c:\inventory\$f\documents"
New-Item $doc -type directory -force
Copy-Item $doc $toFldDoc -recurse -Force
}
foreach ($f in $usersFoldr){
$desk = "c:\users\$f\desktop"
$toFldDesk = "c:\inventory\$f\desktop"
New-Item $desk -type directory -force
Copy-Item $desk $toFldDesk -recurse -Force
}
foreach ($f in $usersFoldr){
$fav = "c:\users\$f\favorites"
$toFldFav = "c:\inventory\$f\favorites"
New-Item $fav -type directory -force
Copy-Item $fav $toFldFav -recurse -Force
}
Get-WMIObject -class Win32_Printer | Select Name,DriverName,PortName
|Export-CSV -path 'C:\Inventory\printers.csv'
Get-WmiObject win32_bios |foreach-object {$_.serialnumber} |out-file
'c:\Inventory\SerialNumber.txt'
Get-WmiObject Win32_ComputerSystem | Select Model,Manufacturer |out-file
'c:\Inventory\MakeModel.txt'
Again, save this file, send a shortcut of it to the desktop, then change the target of the shortcut to this:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -f "C:\YOURDIRECTORY\YOURSCRIPTNAME.ps1"
You can also retrieve a list of installed software by adding this line to the script:
get-wmiobject win32_product | select Name |export-csv -path 'c:\inventory
\software.csv'