While answering a question on Windows PowerShell forum, I came across a few interesting methods in the System.IO.Path namespace. One such method is GetRandomFileName(). This method can be used to generate a random, and cryptographically strong string that you can use as a folder or a file name. The usage is quite simple.
#This uses .NET framework namespace [System.IO.Path]::GetRandomFileName()
Also, there is another method GetTempFileName(). This method also generates a random (kinda.!) file name but always with a .TMP extension. Not just that, it also a creates a zero byte file on the disk and returns full path to the file.
#This uses .NET framework namespace [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
There are many uses to these two methods. More on that later.!
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