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A Holiday Special: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter, Part 1
Summary: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter discovers compressing files and working with the Clipboard in PowerShell 5.0.It’s that time again folks—time for the long awaited holiday tradition on the Hey,...
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PowerTip: Eliminate Duplicates in PowerShell History
Summary: Use an option in the PSReadLine module to control Windows PowerShell 5.0 history duplication. How can I make sure that there are no duplicates in my history? In Windows PowerShell 5.0 with the...
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A Holiday Special: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter, Part 2
Summary: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter discovers how Windows PowerShell 5.0 can pull modules from a central repository. Note This is Part 2 in a five-part series. To get started, read Rusty the...
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PowerTip: Uninstall Module with PowerShell 5
Summary: Learn how to uninstall a Windows PowerShell module. How can I easily uninstall a Windows PowerShell module? Use the Uninstall-Module cmdlet to remove anything discovered by using Find-Module....
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A Holiday Special: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter, Part 3
Summary: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter learns how to unblock files and tweak event logs with Windows PowerShell 5.0.Note This is Part 3 in a five-part series. To catch up, read:Rusty the Red-Eyed...
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PowerTip: Clear Recycle Bin with PowerShell 5
Summary: Easily purge the Recycle Bin on a targeted drive with PowerShell 5. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily flush out the Recycle Bin? In Windows PowerShell 5.0, use the Clear-RecycleBin...
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A Holiday Special: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter, Part 4
Summary: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter learns how PowerShell can convert raw string data to an object. Note This is Part 4 in a five-part series. To catch up, read:Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter, Part...
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PowerTip: Convert Data to Hexadecimal Output in PowerShell 5
Summary: Use the Format-Hex cmdlet to produce hexadecimal output. How can I use Windows PowerShell to put data in a binary key in the registry? In Windows PowerShell 5.0, you can use the Format-Hex...
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A Holiday Special: Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter, Part 5
Summary: Rusty discovers the power of classes and enums in Windows Powershell 5.0.Note This is Part 4 in a five-part series. To catch up, read:Rusty the Red-Eyed Scripter, Part 1Rusty the Red-Eyed...
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PowerTip: Find Scripts in Script Center Repository from PowerShell ISE
Summary: Use a free add-on to directly access scripts and modules from the Windows PowerShell ISE. In Windows PowerShell 5.0, I can access the TechNet Gallery for PowerShell modules, but is there an...
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Weekend Scripter: Manage Window Placement by Using PInvoke
Summary: Boe Prox shows us how to manage window placement in Windows PowerShell.Honorary Scripting Guy and Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, the...
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PowerTip: Display Titles of Windows
Summary: Boe Prox shows how to use Windows PowerShell to find the titles of windows. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the titles of windows? Use Get-Process and display the title of the...
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Weekend Scripter: Remove a Long Path File
Summary: Boe Prox shows how to remove a file with a long path.Honorary Scripting Guy and Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, the Scripting Guy.This...
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PowerTip: Display Hidden Files in PowerShell
Summary: Boe Prox shows how to use Windows PowerShell to display hidden files. How can I use Windows PowerShell to display hidden files and folders?There are a couple of approaches that use...
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Advanced Use of Azure Virtual Machine DSC Extensions
Summary: Matthew Hitchcock takes us through a deeper look at Azure DSC.It's an honor for me to be writing my first Hey, Scripting Guys! Blog post! I'd like to share something I have been doing a lot of...
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PowerTip: How to Upload DSC File to Azure
Summary: Use Azure PowerShell cmdlets to send a Desired State Configuration file to be used later by a virtual machine. How can I use Windows PowerShell to send a DSC file to be used later by a virtual...
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Troubleshooting Azure Virtual Machine DSC Extension
Summary: Matthew Hitchcock, Microsoft MVP, delves into how to troubleshoot problems in the Azure VMDSC Extension.If you joined me yesterday in Advanced Use of Azure Virtual Machine DSC Extensions, you...
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PowerTip: Get Status of a DSC File in Azure
Summary: Use the Azure cmdlets to get the current status of a Desired State Configuration file on a virtual machine. How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine if a Desired State Configuration (DSC)...
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Sounds of the Holidays–Part 1
Summary: MVP, Thomas Rayner, inspires holiday spirit by using Windows PowerShell to trigger some multimedia.Hello! I’m Thomas Rayner, a proud Cloud & Datacenter Management Microsoft MVP, filling in...
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PowerTip: Launch Minimized Application with PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to specify the launch state of an application through Windows PowerShell. How can I launch a minimized application in Windows PowerShell instead of opening the window in the...
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