PowerShell script to copy files based on shortcuts

From the source directory, find all shortcuts, and copy the shortcut contents to a destination directory

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language. Wikipedia

# Get all shortcuts
$shortcuts = gci "$srcDir\*.lnk"

cgi = Get-ChildItem  Microsoft
Gets the items and child items in one or more specified locations.

# skip existing dirs
if (Test-Path "$destPath") {

Test-Path Microsoft
Determines whether all elements of a path exist.

# copy
copy-item -Path "$srcPath" -Destination "$destRecreatePath" -Force -Recurse -Container -Exclude $exclude

copy-item Microsoft
Copies an item from one location to another.
But alas, without any indication of progress.

So, from some help on Stack Overflow
# xcopy prompts for is this a file/dir, no progress
# robocopy asks for admin perms on ntfs/audit attribs
# copy copies with progress %
# /z   : Copies networked files in restartable mode.
cmd /c copy /z $srcFile $destFile

Some screenshots of the full script in action

And the full source is on GitHub

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