# Define folder to store logfiles within
$Folder=’e:\test2\temp’

# Name to assign to our Logfiles
$Preface=’Logfile'

# File extension to our Logfiles
$Extension=’.Log’

$timestamp=[datetime]::Now.ToString('MM-dd-yyyy-hhmm')

# Build our Filename
$Logfilename="$Preface-$timestamp$Extension"

# Test and ensure file does not already exist
if(Test-Path -path $folder\* -include $Logfilename){
     Write-Error –message “Error: $Logfilename exists.” –category ‘WriteError’
     return $false
}else{
     New-Item -path $folder –Type File -name $Logfilename -Force | OUT-NULL
     return $Logfilename
}