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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

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

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Launch Item from Control Panel

July 31, 2013 Jul 31, 2013 07/31/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to launch an item from the Control Panel. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to launch the Mail item on the Control Panel in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012? (image) Use the Get-ControlPanelItem with a wildcard character to retrieve the item, then pipe the ...

PowerShell Get-Command Cmdlet Returns Only One Instance

July 31, 2013 Jul 31, 2013 07/31/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to configure Windows PowerShell to return more than one instance of a command. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. I recently upgraded to Windows 8, and now it seems that the Get-Command cmdlet does not work properly. In the past, I have used Get-Command as a ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Retrieve List of Control Panel Items

July 30, 2013 Jul 30, 2013 07/30/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: See a list of items found in Control Panel. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to see a list of items found in Control Panel. (image) Use the Get-ControlPanelItem cmdlet: Get-ControlPanelItem (image...

Learn How to Configure PowerShell Memory

July 30, 2013 Jul 30, 2013 07/30/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about how to configure Windows PowerShell memory availability for specialized applications. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I really need your help. We are doing something that perhaps Windows PowerShell cannot do. At least, this is the way it seems. We have a huge file share, and we are ...

PowerTip: Reload Your PowerShell Profile

July 29, 2013 Jul 29, 2013 07/29/13

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Reload your Windows PowerShell profile without closing and reopening Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I reload my Windows PowerShell profile to test some changes I made—without closing and reopening Windows PowerShell? (image) Use the invocation operator with the automatic $profile variable: & $...

Scripting Blog [archived]

July 2013 - Scripting Blog [archived]