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Chocolatey is a free package manager for Windows that can be used to download and install software. Before you can use Chocolatey from PowerShell,...

When you download a script from the internet, it may contain a digital signature that can help you find out where the script comes from. We looked...

Scripts downloaded via Internet have a great potential of being infected with malware, or originate from illegitimate sources. Digital signatures...

When you download a file from the internet, it may be tagged by Windows (via NTFS stream), and PowerShell may refuse to execute it: PS> &...

Occasionally, PowerShell scripts are made available via direct download. Let’s find the most efficient way to download text-based files via...

Starting in PowerShell 5.1, the PowerShell console supports VT escape sequences that can be used to position and format console text. Note that this...

Starting in PowerShell 5.1, the PowerShell console supports VT escape sequences that can be used to position and format console text. Note that this...

Starting in PowerShell 5.1, the PowerShell console supports VT escape sequences that can be used to position and format console text. Note that this...

Starting in PowerShell 5.1, the PowerShell console supports VT escape sequences that can be used to position and format console text. Note that this...

Starting in PowerShell 5.1, the PowerShell console supports VT escape sequences that can be used to position and format console text. Note that this...

When you use double quotes in PowerShell, you can add variables to a string, and PowerShell automatically replaces these with their content –...

Windows 10 comes with excellent text-to-speech support and different high-quality voices. To find out which voices are available, try this: Add-Type...

Windows built-in text-to-speech engine accepts plain text and turns it into a voice, but it can also be controlled using “Speech Synthesis Markup...

In the previous tip we introduced the text-to-speech engine. This engine can save your text to a WAV sound file so you can use it to generate spoken...

In the previous tips, we explained how PowerShell can generate acoustic signals by playing system sounds or WAV sound files. PowerShell can also use...

In the previous tip we explained how PowerShell can play system sounds. For a bit more flexibility, PowerShell can also play arbitrary *.wav sound...

If all you need is a beep, then PowerShell can help you easily: $frequency = 800 $durationMS = 2000 [console]::Beep($frequency, $durationMS) If...