The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.

Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Weekend Scripter: Create a SendTo Notepad Shortcut

February 3, 2013 Feb 3, 2013 02/3/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create a SendTo Notepad shortcut. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I absolutely love using Windows 8. To me, it is the best operating system we have ever released at Microsoft. I am especially proud that some of the Help articles I wrote are ...

PowerTip: Find Processes That Use A Lot of Virtual Memory

February 2, 2013 Feb 2, 2013 02/2/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find processes that use more than 1,000 MB of virtual memory. (image) How can I produce a listing of processes on my computer that use more than 1,000 MB of virtual memory? (image) Use the Get-Process cmdlet to return a listing of all processes. Then pipe the results to...

Weekend Scripter: Sort Process Names by Length of Name

February 2, 2013 Feb 2, 2013 02/2/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, takes some time out to play around with the Format-Wide cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, the Scripting Wife and I are hanging out on the beach this weekend. Because I have a long weekend (thanks to a way cool Scripting Manager) I feel like it is a holiday or something. Well...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Add Printers to Windows Server 2012

February 1, 2013 Feb 1, 2013 02/1/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use a Windows PowerShell function to add a printer to your server running Windows Server 2012. (image) How do I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to add a printer to my print server running Windows Server 2012? (image) Use the Add-Printer function. Specify the name of an existing print ...

Use PowerShell to Create and to Use a New Event Log

February 1, 2013 Feb 1, 2013 02/1/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create and to use a new event log. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, it’s the weekend, baby! At least for the Scripting Wife and me. You see, the Scripting Manager gave me today and Monday off as sort of “comp time” because ...

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