{"id":3471,"date":"2009-10-15T13:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-15T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/powershell\/2009\/10\/15\/introducing-the-windows-7-resource-kit-powershell-pack\/"},"modified":"2019-02-18T13:12:24","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T20:12:24","slug":"introducing-the-windows-7-resource-kit-powershell-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/powershell\/introducing-the-windows-7-resource-kit-powershell-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing the Windows 7 Resource Kit PowerShell Pack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I work on the PowerShell team, I\u2019ve been lucky enough to get a couple of years jump start on producing PowerShell V2 scripts and modules.&nbsp; With every new script I write in V2 I get more and more amazed by the possibilities in PowerShell.&nbsp; I\u2019ve discovered how to do many cool things that, as some of my colleagues outside of the PowerShell team have put it, have showed them the Power of PowerShell.<\/p>\n<p>At each CTP of PowerShell, I\u2019ve tried to share this power of PowerShell here on this blog.&nbsp; Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtit.com\/\">Mitch Tulloch<\/a> (the main author of the Windows 7 Resource Kit) and Ed Wilson (<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.technet.com\/heyscriptingguy\/\">the Scripting Guy<\/a>), I was able to collect some of my V2 modules for the companion CD of the resource kit.&nbsp; This collection of scripts became know as the Windows 7 Resource Kit PowerShell Pack.<\/p>\n<p>Today, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/learning\/en\/us\/Books.aspx?Id=13811&amp;locale=en-us\">Windows 7 Resource Kit<\/a> should be available in stores, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/PowerShellPack\">PowerShell Pack<\/a> is available for download on code gallery.<\/p>\n<p>The PowerShell Pack contains over 800 scripts in 10 different modules.&nbsp; Here\u2019s a brief overview:<\/p>\n<p><b>WPK<\/b> <br \/>Create rich user interfaces quick and easily from Windows PowerShell. Think HTA, but easy. Over 600 scripts to help you build quick user interfaces.&nbsp; To get started learning how to write rich WPF UIs in script, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/PowerShellPack\/Release\/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=3343\">Writing User Interfaces with WPK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>IsePack<\/b> <br \/>Supercharge your scripting in the Integrated Scripting Environment with over 35 shortcuts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TaskScheduler<\/strong> <br \/>List scheduled tasks, create or delete tasks <\/p>\n<p><b>FileSystem<\/b> <br \/>Monitor files and folders, check for duplicate files, and check disk space <\/p>\n<p><b>DotNet<\/b> <br \/>Explore loaded types, find commands that can work with a type, and explore how you can use PowerShell, DotNet and COM together <\/p>\n<p><b>PSImageTools<\/b> <br \/>Convert, rotate, scale, and crop images and get image metadata <\/p>\n<p><b>PSRSS<\/b> <br \/>Harness the FeedStore from PowerShell <\/p>\n<p><b>PSSystemTools<\/b> <br \/>Get Operating System or Hardware Information <\/p>\n<p><b>PSUserTools<\/b> <br \/>Get the users on a system, check for elevation, and start-processaadministrator <\/p>\n<p><b>PSCodeGen<\/b> <br \/>Generates PowerShell scripts, C# code, and P\/Invoke <\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll be posting a lot more about these modules in the next weeks, both here and on Channel9, but you can start exploring the modules now by checking out the <a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/PowerShellPack\">PowerShellPack on code gallery<\/a>.&nbsp; I will also be <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamesbru\">tweeting<\/a> some cool tidbits about the PowerShell Pack under the tags: #PowerShellPack, #WPK and #IsePack<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll also be on Hal Rotenberg\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.powerscripting.net\/\">PowerScripting Podcast<\/a> tonight talking about the <a href=\"http:\/\/code.msdn.microsoft.com\/PowerShellPack\">PowerShell Pack<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Hope this helps,<\/p>\n<p>James Brundage [MSFT]<\/p>\n<p>Quick Note: The MSI was updated at ~ 4:30pm on day of release. 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