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PowerTip: Find PowerShell Providers
Summary: Learn how to find Windows PowerShell providers and their capabilities. How can I find what Windows PowerShell providers I have on my system? Use the Get-PSProvider cmdlet.Note Beginning with...
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Location, Location, Location in PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about managing locations in Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! I don’t understand what is the big deal with Get-Location. I mean, I can look and...
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PowerTip: Find PowerShell Cmdlets and Synopsis
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find cmdlets and their associated synopsis. How can I easily find a list of specific Windows PowerShell cmdlets and their associated meanings? Use the Get-Command...
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Using Named Location Stacks in PowerShell
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using named location stacks in Windows PowerShell. Hey, Scripting Guy! If I need to move around in two types of locations, how would I do it?...
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PowerTip: Display Locations Stored on Stack
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to display locations stored on the default stack. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the locations that are stored on my default location stack? Use the –Stack...
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Using Transactions with PowerShell Registry Provider
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using transactions with the Windows PowerShell Registry provider. Hey, Scripting Guy! I was looking at the various providers and their...
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PowerTip: Set Default Location Stack with PowerShell
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to set your default location stack. How can I use Windows PowerShell to set the default for some named location stacks that I created? Use the Set-Location cmdlet and...
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Use PowerShell to Move User Files and Update Registry
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to move user files and update the registry. Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to move a bunch of user files from their local...
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PowerTip: Roll Back Active PowerShell Transaction
Summary: Learn how to roll back an active Windows PowerShell transaction. I started a transaction to modify the registry on my computer running Windows 8.1, but something failed, and I want...
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Weekend Scripter: Scripting Guys Ignite Booth Schedule
Summary: Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Teresa Wilson, talks about the Scripting Guys booth schedule.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is that time of year again. Conference time. TechEd North...
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PowerTip: Determine if Property is Member of Object
Summary: Determine if a property is a member of an object in Windows PowerShell. How can I determine if a specific property is actually a member of an object in my Windows PowerShell script? Use the...
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Weekend Scripter: My First PowerShell Summit
Summary: Microsoft PowerShell MVP, Will Anderson, talks about his first Windows PowerShell Summit.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Wow! What a week...or part of a week. Windows PowerShell...
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PowerTip: Find Current Directory in PowerShell
Summary: Easily find the current directory in Windows PowerShell. How can I return a path object that contains information about the current working directory in Windows PowerShell? Use the $pwd...
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Favorite PowerShell Tips and Tricks
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about Windows PowerShell tips and tricks from the Charlotte User Group meeting.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Last week was a special...
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PowerTip: Find User's Home Directory in PowerShell
Summary: Find the path to the current user's home directory in Windows PowerShell. How can I easily find the current user's home directory for a script I am writing? Use the $home automatic variable:PS...
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Use PSReadLine for More Efficient PowerShell Console
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, presents a tip from the Charlotte User Group meeting about using PSReadLine.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One really big tip that came out...
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PowerTip: Retrieve Last Token Received by PowerShell
Summary: Learn how to retrieve the last token that was received by Windows PowerShell. How can I retrieve the last token received by Windows PowerShell? Use the $$ automatic variable:PS C:\> notepad...
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PowerShell Tips and Tricks: Extended History
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about a module that provides extended command history.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things that came up during the Charlotte...
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PowerTip: Find PowerShell Profiles
Summary: Learn how to easily find Windows PowerShell profiles. How can I Question: You want to find the path to Windows PowerShell profiles? Use the $Profile automatic variable, but pipe the output to...
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Select History Via PowerShell Out-Gridview
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, continues his tips and tricks series by talking about select Windows PowerShell commands via Out-GridView.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One...
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