Summary: Let the Windows PowerShell team know what you would like to see in the next version. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week is a complete geek fest for me. I am in Redmond at the Microsoft Corporation headquarters hanging out with the Windows PowerShell team. This morning I had coffee with one of the Windows PowerShell lead...

Summary: Learn how to increase the maximum history value.    How can I increase the number of commands that are stored in the Windows PowerShell command history?  Specify a new value for the $MaximumHistoryCount automatic variable.    In Windows PowerShell 3.0, the variable is set to 4096, but you can store u...

Summary: In Windows PowerShell command history, you may run into the console history limit. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. While I was in Cincinnati, Ohio for their first Windows PowerShell User Group meeting, I had a chance to meet a lot of my old friends. Later that week when I was teaching a Windows PowerShell workshop for a custom...

Summary: Check for undeclared variables.  How can I cause the script to generate an error if a variable has not been declared?  Here are a couple of ways to do this with Windows PowerShell. a. Place set-psdebug –strict anywhere in the script. Any nondeclared variable will generate an error when accessed. b. Use Set-Stric...

Summary: Read sneak previews for Charlotte PowerShell Saturday sessions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is just one week before Windows PowerShell Saturday #002 in Charlotte, NC.  I hope you have registered so you do not miss any of this exciting Windows PowerShell goodness. Today, three of our presenters will give you a s...