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Weekend Scripter: Manipulating Word and Excel with PowerShell
Summary: Leverage the Office API to manipulate data in Word and Excel with Windows PowerShell.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here today to give Ed the day off. Why? Well, it's his birthday,...
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PowerTip: Use Windows PowerShell to Open Word Document
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to open a Microsoft Word document. How can I open a Word document with Windows PowerShell? Use the New-Object...
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Use PowerShell to Start a Process at Random Times
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to start a process at random intervals. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a rather unusual request. I am testing a new...
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Path for Processes
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the path of the executable for running processes. I noticed a process and I am unsure of what it does. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find more information?...
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Use PowerShell to Start Random Processes at Random Times
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create random processes at random times. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to start a process that I pick randomly from a...
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PowerTip: Change Value of Element in Array with PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to change the value of an element in an array. How can I use Windows PowerShell to update one of the values in one of the elements of an array? Use the Item...
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Use PowerShell to Monitor for Process Startup
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to monitor for process startup.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning, I spent a decent amount of...
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PowerTip: Find Extended Type Data in PowerShell Session
Summary: Find extended type data in your current Windows PowerShell session. How can I find out what extended type data exists in my current Windows PowerShell session? Use the Get-TypeData cmdlet.
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Use PowerShell to Monitor Specific Process Creation
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to monitor for the creation of specific processes.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning it is...
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PowerTip: Cause PowerShell to Wait for Specific Event
Summary: Cause Windows PowerShell to wait for a specific event to be generated. How can I make my Windows PowerShell console halt until an event that I registered by using the...
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Use PowerShell to Repeatedly Terminate Specific Processes
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to terminate processes that start at random times. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a question that I hope you can answer. It...
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PowerTip: Display Message in 16 Colors
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display a message in 16 colors. How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily display a message in 16 different colors to start my presentation with something...
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Weekend Scripter: Playing with PowerShell Processes and Events
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about playing with processes and events in Windows PowerShell.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I woke up and I had an idea....
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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Object Events
Summary: Find events from objects by using Windows PowerShell. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find what events are offered by a process? Use Get-Process to retrieve an instance of the process,...
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Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Connect to GoToMeeting
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to provide a GUI input and build a custom URL for Internet Explorer.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here to share a little fun that I have enjoyed on the client...
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PowerTip: Remove Leading and Trailing Spaces with PowerShell
Summary: Use the Trim() method to remove extraneous space from a String object. Is there an easy way to drop all spaces that are before or after a string in Windows PowerShell? Use the Trim() method to...
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Fun Formatting Ones—Part 1: The Task
Summary: June Blender explains Doug Finke's multiplication and formatting trick. Today...the task.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, Honorary Scripting Guy, June Blender, examines a...
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PowerTip: Display Hidden Properties from Object
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to display hidden properties from an object. How can I see if there are any hidden properties on an object I have returned from Windows PowerShell? Use the...
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Fun Formatting Ones—Part 2: The Method
Summary: June Blender explains Doug Finke's multiplication and formatting trick. Today...the method.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This is the second part of a two-part series written by...
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PowerTip: Read First Line of File with PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to read only the first line of a file by using Windows PowerShell. How can I use Windows PowerShell to read only the first line of a file? Introduced in Windows PowerShell 3.0, you...
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