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Listing all the COM automation PROGIDs

June 29, 2006 Jun 29, 2006 06/29/06
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<edited 7/2/2006 to add categories and PSMDTAGs> Windows PowerShell allows you to program against COM automation.  The typical way to do this is : $x = new-ojbect -ComObject <PROGID> The question then is, how do I know what progids I can use.  Here are there 3 answers I'm lucky enough to be in category 3 so I'll ...

TECHED: Start-Session Script

June 15, 2006 Jun 15, 2006 06/15/06
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Before my TechEd sessions, I ran a Windows PowerShell script which used animated figures to inform the users how long it would be until the session would start.  It threw out some wisecracks along the way to keep things light and maintain their attention.   A number of people asked me to post the script in the blog.  I'm a ...