PowerShell · iSazonov · May 12, 2025 · Mar 16, 2025 · Mar 16, 2025 · Mar 16, 2025
diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateContainer.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/engine/SessionStateContainer.cs
@@ -3497,37 +3497,7 @@ internal void NewItem(
                             throw PSTraceSource.NewArgumentNullException(nameof(content), SessionStateStrings.NewLinkTargetNotSpecified, path);
                         }
 
-                        ProviderInfo targetProvider = null;
-                        CmdletProvider targetProviderInstance = null;
-
-                        var globbedTarget = Globber.GetGlobbedProviderPathsFromMonadPath(
-                            targetPath,
-                            allowNonexistingPath,
-                            context,
-                            out targetProvider,
-                            out targetProviderInstance);
-
-                        if (!string.Equals(targetProvider.Name, "filesystem", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
-                        {
-                            throw PSTraceSource.NewNotSupportedException(SessionStateStrings.MustBeFileSystemPath);
-                        }
-
-                        if (globbedTarget.Count > 1)
-                        {
-                            throw PSTraceSource.NewInvalidOperationException(SessionStateStrings.PathResolvedToMultiple, targetPath);
-                        }
-
-                        if (globbedTarget.Count == 0)
-                        {
-                            throw PSTraceSource.NewInvalidOperationException(SessionStateStrings.PathNotFound, targetPath);
-                        }
-
-                        // If the original target was a relative path, we want to leave it as relative if it did not require
-                        // globbing to resolve.
-                        if (WildcardPattern.ContainsWildcardCharacters(targetPath))
-                        {
-                            content = globbedTarget[0];
-                        }
+                        content = targetPath;
                     }
 
                     NewItemPrivate(providerInstance, composedPath, type, content, context);

diff --git a/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs b/src/System.Management.Automation/namespaces/FileSystemProvider.cs
@@ -2271,8 +2271,7 @@ protected override void NewItem(
                             // for hardlinks we resolve the target to an absolute path
                             if (!IsAbsolutePath(strTargetPath))
                             {
-                                // there is already a check before here so that strTargetPath should only resolve to 1 path
-                                strTargetPath = SessionState.Path.GetResolvedPSPathFromPSPath(strTargetPath).FirstOrDefault()?.Path;
+                                strTargetPath = SessionState.Path.GetUnresolvedProviderPathFromPSPath(strTargetPath);
                             }
 
                             exists = GetFileSystemInfo(strTargetPath, out isDirectory) != null;

diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/FileSystem.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Management/FileSystem.Tests.ps1
@@ -605,11 +605,12 @@ Describe "Hard link and symbolic link tests" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdminOnWindows"
             }
         }
 
-        $realFile = Join-Path $TestPath "file.txt"
+        # Ensure that the file link can still be successfully created when the target file/directory name contains wildcards.
+        $realFile = Join-Path $TestPath "[file].txt"
         $nonFile = Join-Path $TestPath "not-a-file"
         $fileContent = "some text"
-        $realDir = Join-Path $TestPath "subdir"
-        $realDir2 = Join-Path $TestPath "second-subdir"
+        $realDir = Join-Path $TestPath "[subdir]"
+        $realDir2 = Join-Path $TestPath "[second-subdir]"
         $nonDir = Join-Path $TestPath "not-a-dir"
         $hardLinkToFile = Join-Path $TestPath "hard-to-file.txt"
         $symLinkToFile = Join-Path $TestPath "sym-link-to-file.txt"
@@ -626,7 +627,7 @@ Describe "Hard link and symbolic link tests" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdminOnWindows"
     Context "New-Item and hard/symbolic links" {
         AfterEach {
             # clean up created links after each test
-            Remove-Item -Exclude (Split-Path -Leaf $realFile, $realDir, $realDir2) -Recurse $TestPath/*
+            Remove-Item -Exclude (Split-Path -Leaf ([WildcardPattern]::Escape($realFile)), ([WildcardPattern]::Escape($realDir)), ([WildcardPattern]::Escape($realDir2))) -Recurse $TestPath/*
         }
 
         It "New-Item can create a hard link to a file" {
@@ -639,7 +640,7 @@ Describe "Hard link and symbolic link tests" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdminOnWindows"
         It "New-Item can create symbolic link to file" {
             New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $symLinkToFile -Value $realFile > $null
             Test-Path $symLinkToFile | Should -BeTrue
-            $real = Get-Item -Path $realFile
+            $real = Get-Item -LiteralPath $realFile
             $link = Get-Item -Path $symLinkToFile
             $link.LinkType | Should -BeExactly "SymbolicLink"
             $link.Target | Should -BeExactly $real.ToString()
@@ -658,15 +659,15 @@ Describe "Hard link and symbolic link tests" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdminOnWindows"
         It "New-Item can create a symbolic link to a directory" -Skip:($IsWindows) {
             New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $symLinkToDir -Value $realDir > $null
             Test-Path $symLinkToDir | Should -BeTrue
-            $real = Get-Item -Path $realDir
+            $real = Get-Item -LiteralPath $realDir
             $link = Get-Item -Path $symLinkToDir
             $link.LinkType | Should -BeExactly "SymbolicLink"
             $link.Target | Should -BeExactly $real.ToString()
         }
         It "New-Item can create a directory symbolic link to a directory" -Skip:(-Not $IsWindows) {
             New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $symLinkToDir -Value $realDir > $null
             Test-Path $symLinkToDir | Should -BeTrue
-            $real = Get-Item -Path $realDir
+            $real = Get-Item -LiteralPath $realDir
             $link = Get-Item -Path $symLinkToDir
             $link | Should -BeOfType System.IO.DirectoryInfo
             $link.LinkType | Should -BeExactly "SymbolicLink"
@@ -677,7 +678,7 @@ Describe "Hard link and symbolic link tests" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdminOnWindows"
             $target = Split-Path -Leaf $realDir
             New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $symLinkToDir -Value $target > $null
             Test-Path $symLinkToDir | Should -BeTrue
-            $real = Get-Item -Path $realDir
+            $real = Get-Item -LiteralPath $realDir
             $link = Get-Item -Path $symLinkToDir
             $link | Should -BeOfType System.IO.DirectoryInfo
             $link.LinkType | Should -BeExactly "SymbolicLink"
@@ -689,7 +690,7 @@ Describe "Hard link and symbolic link tests" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdminOnWindows"
             $target = ".\$(Split-Path -Leaf $realDir)"
             New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $symLinkToDir -Value $target > $null
             Test-Path $symLinkToDir | Should -BeTrue
-            $real = Get-Item -Path $realDir
+            $real = Get-Item -LiteralPath $realDir
             $link = Get-Item -Path $symLinkToDir
             $link | Should -BeOfType System.IO.DirectoryInfo
             $link.LinkType | Should -BeExactly "SymbolicLink"
@@ -732,8 +733,8 @@ Describe "Hard link and symbolic link tests" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdminOnWindows"
         }
 
         It "New-Item -Force can overwrite a junction" -Skip:(-Not $IsWindows){
-            $rd2 = Get-Item -Path $realDir2
-            New-Item -Name testfile.txt -ItemType file -Path $realDir
+            $rd2 = Get-Item -LiteralPath $realDir2
+            New-Item -Name testfile.txt -ItemType file -Path ([WildcardPattern]::Escape($realDir))
             New-Item -ItemType Junction -Path $junctionToDir -Value $realDir > $null
             Test-Path $junctionToDir | Should -BeTrue
             { New-Item -ItemType Junction -Path $junctionToDir -Value $realDir -ErrorAction Stop > $null } | Should -Throw -ErrorId "DirectoryNotEmpty,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.NewItemCommand"
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ Describe "Hard link and symbolic link tests" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdminOnWindows"
 
                 Remove-Item -Path $Link -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue > $null
                 Test-Path -Path $Link | Should -BeFalse
-                Test-Path -Path $Target | Should -BeTrue
+                Test-Path -LiteralPath $Target | Should -BeTrue
             }
         }
 

diff --git a/test/powershell/engine/Basic/GroupPolicySettings.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/engine/Basic/GroupPolicySettings.Tests.ps1
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
 # Licensed under the MIT License.
 
-Describe 'Group policy settings tests' -Tag CI,RequireAdminOnWindows {
+Describe 'Group policy settings tests' -Tags @('CI', 'RequireAdminOnWindows') {
     BeforeAll {
         $originalDefaultParameterValues = $PSDefaultParameterValues.Clone()
         if ( ! $IsWindows ) {