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PowerShell 6 is open-source and maintained in a public repository on GitHub. There are frequent releases. If you don’t want to dig your way...

PowerShell 6 is open-source, and there are frequently new releases available. You can always visit https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/releases...

If you are using the built-in PowerShell ISE, you might find the “Module Browser Add-on” useful. It is fairly old and was published in...

Sometimes it can make sense to convert a SecureString back to a regular string, for example because you have used the shielded input provided by...

In the previous tip we looked at queues and how they can search the entire file system: # create a new queue $dirs =...

Rather than calling functions recursively, you may at times want to use a Queue object that you can load with fresh tasks while you are unloading...

Get-Service can provide basic information about Windows services but won’t list the required privileges. Here is a small PowerShell function...

In the previous tip we examined Set-PSBreakpoint to create dynamic variable breakpoints in PowerShell. We showed how a breakpoint can trigger when a...

For debugging, variable breakpoints can be of invaluable help. They break into the debugger once a variable changes. If you know that a variable...

By default, PowerShell shrink-fits most objects and shows only the most important properties by default: PS C:\> Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_BIOS...

PowerShell can access low-level API functions by using C#-style signatures. This way, API functions are compiled in-memory and added as new types....

When you enter a command in PowerShell, the engine triggers three events to actually discover the command you want to execute. This gives you a...

Whenever you enter a command in PowerShell, a series of events takes place to figure out where the command is located. This starts with a...