Showing archive results for February 2014

Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP reports from the field on his first visit to North Carolina and Windows PowerShell Saturday. NOTE: Sean became sick, and was unable to attend the PowerShell Saturday event. However, if he had attended, this is what would have happened. We wish Sean a speedy recovery. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, here…...

Summary:  Use Windows PowerShell to easily get the length of a number.  I want to know the length of a number, but when I use the Length property, it comes back as 1.           How can I get the actual length?  First convert the number to a string, and then get the length of the string: (12345).tost...

Summary: The Scripting Wife talks about Windows PowerShell Saturday 007 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is gone. He is busy taking pictures, and conversing with various people attending Windows PowerShell Saturday here in Charlotte, North Carolina. Instead of the Script Monkey (aka, Ed) you have me, The Scripti...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to count the different types of photo files on your computer.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to figure out how many of each type of photo file I have on my computer?  Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to retrieve specific types of photograph files, and then pipe the results to the    ...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find files that have not been accessed for some time.  Hey, Scripting Guy! On our server, we have tons of files. Unfortunately, many of them haven’t been accessed for years. I know the cost of storage is coming down, but the management overhead and cost ...