Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find Windows PowerShell modules. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find out what modules are available on my system? Use the Get-Module cmdlet and specify the –ListAvailable option: Get-Module -ListAvailable
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to explore Windows PowerShell modules. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I really, really, really like about Windows PowerShell is the fact that it is self-discoverable. I mean, I can use Windows PowerShell to explore Windows PowerShell and to learn about Windows PowerShell. One of the ne...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to pause execution for a specific time to wait for a process to exit. I have a process that normally exits within four seconds, and I want to pause the execution of my script to wait for this process to exit. If it does not exit in time, I want an error to occur. How...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to easily hide processes in Windows. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I used to have problems with when I was a network administrator, was running scripts on systems without a text box demanding attention from the user. In fact, the power...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell in Windows 8.1 to show all running tasks in Task Scheduler. Sometimes I get CPU spikes on a server. As part of troubleshooting, I need to know the processes and which are scheduled tasks. Is there a way for Windows PowerShell to show me which tasks are running now? Us...
