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Creating a new list in SharePoint 2010 using PowerShell

One of the best new features of SharePoint 2010 is the ability to manage most aspects of SharePoint with PowerShell. A good example of this is creating new lists on sites.

To create a new list you’ll first have to figure out how to tell SharePoint which template to use. Here’s how you can show all template possibilities:

 $SPAssignment = Start-SPAssignment
</p><p>$SPWeb = Get-SPWeb http://localhost -AssignmentCollection $spAssignment
</p><p>$SPWeb.ListTemplates | Select Name, Description

You can use any of the templates returned on that site. To create a list you can use the Add() method:

 $SPTemplate = $SPWeb.ListTemplates["Custom List"]
</p><p>$SPWeb.Lists.Add("List Title","Description",$SPTemplate)

If you want to perform a different action on a list please use

$SPWeb.Lists | Get-Member

to find out what command to use.

To dispose of all the objects that have been called, just run

Stop-SPAssignment $SPAssignment