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Sometimes you may want to create your own objects to store multiple pieces of information. Here is a pretty dense oneliner that illustrates a quick...

If you migrated from VBScript to PowerShell, you may remember how VBScript mapped network drives. This option is still available in PowerShell....

Beginning with PowerShell 3.0, you can use New-PSDrive to map network drives. They will be visible in File Explorer as well. Here is some sample...

PowerShell supports console commands, so if you need to map a network drive, often the most reliable way is to use good old net.exe like this:...

Start-Process can start processes but does not support a timeout. If you wanted to kill a runaway process after a given timeout, you could use an...

If you need to run selected parts of your script with Administrator privileges, you could temporarily launch a second PowerShell with Administrator...

Here is a simple function to find out the reserved drive letters: #requires -Version 3 function Get-DriveLetter { (Get-WmiObject -Class...

To quickly (and permanently) set a bunch of environment variables, here is a nice approach: $hashtable = @{ Name = 'Weltner' ID = 12 Ort =...

To quickly locate a PowerShell script anywhere in your MyDocuments folder, take a look at this Find-Script function: #requires -Version 3 function...

When you override the ToString() method of an object you control how this object is displayed. The object content stays untouched, though: $a = 123...

When you retrieve results, you may want to add additional properties to the results so later you know where they came from. Attaching additional...

Maybe you'd like to tag a variable and provide some extra information. In PowerShell, use Add-Member and attach NoteProperties or ScriptProperties...