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Mastering Legacy Scripting: How to Download a File Using PowerShell 2.0

(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile("http://example.com/file.txt", "C:\temp\file.txt")

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Mastering Legacy Scripting: How to Download a File Using PowerShell 2.0

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