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Fixes 10796 - Removed invalid parameters #10800

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New-Guid [<CommonParameters>]
```

### Empty
```
New-Guid [-Empty] [<CommonParameters>]
```

### InputObject
```
New-Guid [-InputObject <String>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## DESCRIPTION

The `New-Guid` cmdlet creates a random globally unique identifier (GUID). If you need a unique ID in
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This command creates a random GUID. Alternatively, you could store the output of this cmdlet in a
variable to use elsewhere in a script.

### Example 2: Create an empty GUID

```powershell
New-Guid -Empty
```

```Output
Guid
----
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
```

### Example 3: Create a GUID from a string

This example converts a string that contains a GUID to a GUID object.

```powershell
New-Guid -InputObject "d61bbeca-0186-48fa-90e1-ff7aa5d33e2d"
```

```Output
Guid
----
d61bbeca-0186-48fa-90e1-ff7aa5d33e2d
```

### Example 4: Convert strings from the pipeline to GUIDs

This examples converts strings from the pipeline to GUID objects.

```powershell
$guidStrings = (
'11c43ee8-b9d3-4e51-b73f-bd9dda66e29c',
'0f8fad5bd9cb469fa16570867728950e',
'{0x01234567, 0x89ab, 0xcdef,{0x01,0x23,0x45,0x67,0x89,0xab,0xcd,0xef}}'
)
$guidStrings | New-Guid
```

```Output
Guid
----
11c43ee8-b9d3-4e51-b73f-bd9dda66e29c
0f8fad5b-d9cb-469f-a165-70867728950e
01234567-89ab-cdef-0123-456789abcdef
```

## PARAMETERS

### -Empty

Indicates that this cmdlet creates an empty GUID. An empty GUID has all zeros in its string.

```yaml
Type: System.Management.Automation.SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: Empty
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### -InputObject

This parameter accepts a string representing a GUID and converts it to a GUID object.

```yaml
Type: System.String
Parameter Sets: InputObject
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False
```

### CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable,
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## NOTES

The cmdlet passes string input to the constructor of the **System.Guid** class. The constructor
support strings in several formats. For more information, see
[System.Guid(String)](/dotnet/api/system.guid.-ctor?view=net-7.0#system-guid-ctor(system-string)).

## RELATED LINKS