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Here is a simple one-liner that can test whether PowerShell 7 is installed on your system (or any other application): # name of application you want...

In the previous post we explained how you can use an old COM component to convert default long path names to short 8.3 path names. While...

Many years ago, file and folder names had a maximum of 8 characters, and these short path names still exist. They can even still be useful: short...

Here is a quick one-liner that identifies the full path to your current PowerShell host: PS> (Get-Process -Id $pid).Path C:\Program...

In the previous tip we mentioned that many PowerShell users prefer the online help over locally downloaded help. To use the online help documents by...

PowerShell supports both local help files and online resources. Take a look at the differences: # outputs help in same console window # level of...

In Windows PowerShell, updating help used to require Administrator privileges due to a design flaw: help had to be stored in the location where the...

In the previous script we came up with a one-liner that checks which profile scripts actually exist. This solution works per host only, though,...

PowerShell uses up to four profile scripts. When they exist, PowerShell silently executes any content when it launches. It’s important to know...

Profile scripts work like autostart scripts in PowerShell. They do not need to exist, but if they do, PowerShell executes its content silently...

Be careful when using $env:userprofile or $home to create paths to user files. When a Windows box is set up for OneDrive, the documents folder may...

The Get-EventLog cmdlet provides easy access to event log entries in the primary Windows event logs, however it neither can access the many...