Showing archive results for October 2012

Summary: Write colorized output to the Windows PowerShell console without using the Write-Host cmdlet.  How can you write output to the Windows PowerShell console without using the Write-Host cmdlet?  Set ForegroundColor to a different color by using $host.Ui.RawUi, and then use the Write-Output&nbs...

Summary: Learn how to use advanced features in the Windows PowerShell Get-Help cmdlet to quickly find PowerShell Help information. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It seems that my schedule keeps getting fuller. Tonight is the Windows PowerShell User Group in Charlotte. We will be having a script club, so it should be a really cool lear...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 for file attribute filtering. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife and I will be at the Copenhagen Windows PowerShell User Group in a about a month. Teresa has been corresponding with Windows PowerShell MVP, Claus T. Nielsen, about the agenda for the meeting. It is official...

Summary: Use the Get-WindowsErrorReporting cmdlet to check the status of Windows Error Reporting.  How do I check the status of Windows Error Reporting on my computer?  Use the Get-WindowsErrorReporting cmdlet from the WindowsErrorReporting module: PS C:\> Get-WindowsErrorReporting Enabled

Summary: See how to track which Windows PowerShell modules update Help.     How can you easily track which modules update Help?  Use the Verbose parameter when calling the Update-Help cmdlet, and then redirect the verbose stream to a text file: Update-Help -module * -force -verbose 4>>c:\fso\helpupdate.txt