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All PowerShell versions You probably know that in a PowerShell console (not the ISE editor), you can turn on logging: PS> Start-Transcript This...

All PowerShell versions If your computer has a sound card, here is a code snippet that will drive your colleagues nuts: function prompt { 1..3 |...

All PowerShell versions If a PowerShell function needs to return more than one value, best practice is to return objects, and store the information...

All PowerShell versions If you find yourself editing the “hosts” file regularly, then it may be tedious to manually open the file in an...

All PowerShell versions Many cmdlets can deal with UNC paths, but using UNC paths can produce flaky scripts. Take a look at this: PS> Test-Path...

All PowerShell versions Searching the AD can be done with simple calls provided you are logged on an Active Directory domain. In a previous tip we...

All PowerShell versions In a previous tip we illustrated how to convert an internal PowerShell path format to a real path. Here is a use case. This...

All PowerShell versions Occasionally, you might stumble across strange path formats like this one:...

All PowerShell versions Let’s assume it’s your job to update a list of names. Here is an approach that will make sure that only first letter in a...

All PowerShell versions Here is a simple system call that will hibernate a system (provided of course that hibernation is enabled): function...

PowerShell 3.0 and newer When you use Get-ChildItem to list folder content, you can add the –Recurse parameter to dive into all subfolders....

All PowerShell versions Recent Windows operating systems like Windows 8 and Server 2012 come with great printing support, but if you run older...

All PowerShell versions Aliases enjoy the highest priority among executable commands in PowerShell, so if you have ambiguous commands, PowerShell...

All PowerShell versions In a previous tip we illustrated how you can replace special characters in a text. Here is another approach that may be a...

All PowerShell versions Sometimes it becomes necessary to replace special characters with other characters. Here is a simple function that does the...

All PowerShell versions Aliases can be cool in interactive PowerShell but should not be used in scripts. In scripts, use the underlying commands (so...

All PowerShell versions While you can easily create new aliases with New-Alias or Set-Alias, there is no cmdlet to delete aliases. PS> Set-Alias...

All PowerShell versions You do not necessarily need additional cmdlets to search for user accounts or computers in your Active Directory. Provided...

PowerShell 3.0 and newer To keep things simple, you may want to put PowerShell functions into a separate file. To load these functions into your job...

All PowerShell versions You can change all properties of objects when you clone them. Cloning objects can be done to “detach” the object...

All PowerShell versions When you create PowerShell functions, here is a template that defines a InputObject parameter that will accept multiple...

All PowerShell versions Here is the simplest way to read Registry values: $Key = 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows...

In a previous tip we illustrated how you can copy the previously entered interactive PowerShell commands to your favorite script editor. Here is a...

If you must know how many days are between two dates, you can easily find out by using New-TimeSpan: $startdate = Get-Date $enddate = Get-Date -Date...