powershell - Cannot replace path

Question

I want to replace string in $test that contains $folder, there's no syntax error but nothing is replaced:

$folder = 'c:	est'
$test = 'c:	estsubtest' -replace $folder, ""

$test still contains 'c: estsubtest'

Answer 1

$folder = 'c:	est'
$test = 'c:	estsubtest'.replace($folder,'')

If you just want a straight string replace you can use the Replace() Method, rather than using your current -Replace Operator which uses regex replace.

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