Summary: Use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to quickly show folders and subfolders. How can I use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to quickly show folders and subfolders? Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet with the –Directory and the –Recurse switch. Select only parent and name. This command is shown her...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, uses Windows PowerShell 3.0 to sort folders by size. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is amazing how things continue to go in circles … I know I have written a script to sort folders by size many times in many different languages. I recently ran across a function written by Jef...
Summary: Easily find the location of the Windows PowerShell current user current host profile. How can I find the location of the current Windows PowerShell profile for your current host? Use the $profile automatic variable, as shown here: 13:25 C:\> $profile C:\Users\ed.IAMMRED\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_p...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about understanding and using Windows PowerShell profiles. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today, I thought I would provide another excerpt from my new Microsoft Press book: Windows PowerShell 3.0 Step by Step, which is available for pre-order now. Today’s excerpt is from the cha...
Summary: Find all of the Windows PowerShell Active Directory Domain Services cmdlets. How can I find all of the Windows PowerShell Active Directory cmdlets? On a domain controller, or a computer that has the Remote Server Admin tools (RSAT) installed, import the ActiveDirectory module (using Import-Module, where ipmo is the alias),...
