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Jan 20, 2011
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Accelerate the PowerShell Console with Custom Drives

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   Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson teaches how to accelerate work in the Windows PowerShell console with PSDrives.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I noticed in one of your screen shots that you were running the script from a rather deeply nested path of c:\data\ScriptingGuys\2011\HSG-1-3-11. I remember thinking what a silly path for...

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Jan 19, 2011
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Use the PowerShell Add-History Cmdlet to Customize the Console

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   Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell Add-History cmdlet to customize the console for more efficient automation.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I love using the Windows PowerShell history cmdlets to simplify my server and workstation automation needs. It is much easier to Invoke-History than it is to write a script, even a simpl...

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Jan 18, 2011
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Use PowerShell History to Speed Repetitive Commands

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   Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell history cmdlets to speed execution of repetitive commands.   Hey, Scripting Guy! I recently read that Windows PowerShell keeps a history of commands. I am not sure if this is true or not because I cannot seem to figure out how to get to that history. Even if I did get the history of...

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Jan 17, 2011
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Simplify PowerShell Hash Table Creation with a Simple Cmdlet

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   Summary: Learn how to use an easy-to-use Windows PowerShell cmdlet to simplify creating hash tables.   Hey, Scripting Guy! Good morning, Ed. I have been a Scripting Guy fan for years and although I have not read all the thousands of posts, I have definitely read more than a few of them. This is the first time I have felt compelled...

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Jan 16, 2011
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Weekend Scripter: Query the Bing Search Engine from a PowerShell Script

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  Summary: Microsoft MVP Sean Kearney shows how to use the Bing web services API from inside a Windows PowerShell script.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Sean Kearney is back with us today as he continues to share with us his discoveries while playing. Read more about Sean in the introduction on this blog post. Let us see what S...

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