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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

April 20, 2014 Apr 20, 2014 04/20/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find Windows PowerShell modules. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find out what modules are available on my system? (image) Use the Get-Module cmdlet and specify the –ListAvailable option: Get-Module -ListAvailable (image...

Weekend Scripter: Exploring PowerShell Modules

April 20, 2014 Apr 20, 2014 04/20/14

Doctor Scripto

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 ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Pause Execution

April 19, 2014 Apr 19, 2014 04/19/14

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to pause execution for a specific time to wait for a process to exit. (image) 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 ...

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Hide Processes in Windows

April 19, 2014 Apr 19, 2014 04/19/14

ScriptingGuy1

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 ...

PowerTip: List All Running Tasks in Windows 8.1

April 18, 2014 Apr 18, 2014 04/18/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell in Windows 8.1 to show all running tasks in Task Scheduler.(image) 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...

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