Here’s what I am trying to do. There is an XML file in the “forms” folder of each our SharePoint libraries called “client\_LocationBasedDefaults.html” The file contains the column defaults that can be set in Library settings. The the XML looks like this

```
<MetadataDefaults>
  <a href="/RestoreTest/App">
    <DefaultValue FieldName="FunctionalClass">OPERATIONS</DefaultValue>
    <DefaultValue FieldName="BusinessUnit">Applications</DefaultValue>
  </a>
  <a href="/RestoreTest/App/Advance_Retail">
    <DefaultValue FieldName="FileNumber">REST10001-000002</DefaultValue>  
    <DefaultValue FieldName="FileLocationName">Restore Test==Restore Apps==Advance Retail</DefaultValue>
    <DefaultValue FieldName="ITSystem">Point of Sale</DefaultValue>
  </a>
</MetadataDefaults>

```

Here is a snippet of PowerShell which I have been experimenting with for a couple of days. I am able to pull out the href information no problem as well as the fieldnames but not the actual defaultvalues for example 'Point of Sale' . I think my knowledge of XML is probably wanting here. Anyway if someone could point me in the right direction I would be really grateful as I have pretty much exhausted my own limited knowledge and examples I have seen on the net don’t seem applicable.

```
$default = $document.OpenBinary()
$encode = New-Object System.Text.ASCIIEncoding
[xml]$defaultXML = ($encode.GetString($default))
$content = $defaultXML.metadatadefaults
foreach($w in $content.a)
{
  if($w.href){
    Write-Host $w.href
  }
}

```