Some code snippets are really valuable, so you should turn them into functions to keep around as new PowerShell commands. Here's a sample function:
function Get-Driver { param( $Keyword = '*' ) $col1 = @{Name='File Name' Expression={ Split-Path $_.Path -Leaf } } driverquery.exe /v /FO CSV | ConvertFrom-CSV | Select-Object 'Display Name', 'Start Mode', 'Paged Pool(bytes)', $col1 | Where-Object { ($_ | Out-String -Width 300) -like "*$Keyword*" } }
You now have a function called Get-Driver which lists you all drivers. With just one parameter, you can also easily filter the driver list:
PS> Get-Driver mount Display Name Start Mode Paged Pool(bytes) File Name ------------ ---------- ----------------- --------- Mount Point Manager Boot 65.536 mountmgr.sys WIMMount Manual 4.096 wimmount.sys PS> Get-Driver disable Display Name Start Mode Paged Pool(bytes) File Name ------------ ---------- ----------------- --------- CD/DVD File Syst... Disabled 69.632 cdfs.sys Crcdisk filter D... Disabled 4.096 crcdisk.sys udfs Disabled 180.224 udfs.sys Winsock IFS Driver Disabled 12.288 ws2ifsl.sys
It is a grep-like filter feature which returns all drivers that have your keyword in one of its properties.
