Expand string Variable stored via Single Quote in Powershell

Question

I have a scenario where I need to construct a powershell path as $RemotePath = \'$($env:USERPROFILE)\\Desktop\\Shell.lnk\'. This variable gets passed to a remot

Answer 1

Expand the string on the remote side:

$ExecutionContext.InvokeCommand.ExpandString($RemotePath)

Answer 2

By using a double quotes. PowerShell won't expand variables inside single-quoted strings.