powertips

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...

In the previous tip we illustrated a number of ways how to safely add variables to string content. Adding variables to double-quoted text can expose...

Double-quoted strings can easily expand variables, however this concept is not foolproof: $id = 123 # this is the desired output: # Number is 123: #...

In the previous tip we have used Get-PSCallStack to determine the “nest level” of code. Let’s today take a look at how this cmdlet...

Get-PSCallStack returns a so-called “Call Stack” which – in its simplest form – tells you the nesting depth of your code:...

Here is a super simple approach to create random passwords. The approach makes sure no ambiguous characters are used but does not care about other...

When you are connected both to a LAN and a WLAN, and would like to prefer one network over the other, you can adjust the network metric. The lower...

You can add personal context menu commands for file types like PowerShell files. These context menu commands appear when you right-click a .ps1...

Here is a PowerShell function called Lock-Screen that can lock the screen and prohibit user interaction. There can be a custom message, and the...

If a PowerShell script needs to perform critical steps, and user interaction must be prohibited, you can use API calls to temporarily disable all...

Encoding PowerShell code is a great way to run PowerShell code outside the PowerShell environment, i.e. in batch files. Here is some sample code...

Deleting registry keys is typically trivial and can be done with Remove-Item. However, every once in a while, you may come across registry keys that...

When you right-click a PowerShell script in File Explorer, you typically find a context menu entry called “Run with PowerShell” which...

Assume you want to hand a PowerShell script to an unexperienced user. How can you reliably get that person to correctly launch your script file?...

If you are using Publish-Module to publish your modules to a PowerShell repository, and you keep getting exceptions about unsupported commands, it...

In previous tips we illustrated how you can use PowerShell to split files into smaller file chunks, and how to join the chunks to recreate the...

In our previous tip we explained how you can split large files into smaller chunks. Today, we complete this with a function that takes these file...

PowerShell can split large files in multiple smaller parts, for example to transfer them as email attachments. Today, we focus on splitting files....

To send mails via PowerShell, you can use Send-MailMessage. However, this requires that you have access to an SMTP server, and mails sent this way...

The human mind can read sentences even if the characters are scrambled as long as the first and last letter of each word stays intact. Here is a...

PowerShell scripts can grow very slow when you (a) need to process a lot of items and (b) you are using the PowerShell pipeline. Let’s today...

Where-Object is one of the most frequently used PowerShell commands, yet it looks unfamiliar to new PowerShell users. Those who are familiar with...

When you define mandatory parameters in PowerShell, the user gets prompted for the value if it is missing. The prompt uses the parameter name only...