Showing archive results for August 2014

Summary: Here is the answer to Problem 2 in Windows PowerShell Mini-Scripting Games 2014. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Problem 2 could be a bear to solve. After all, it involves text manipulation. Last week, I posted the complete Problem 2 description and task outline. Problem 2 synopsis You have a CSV file that contains five column...

Summary: Here is the answer to the first question in Mini-Scripting Games 2014.  On your laptop running Windows 8.1, you opened the Windows PowerShell console and typed Get-Disk.            You were greeted with an error message that says:               &...

Summary: Here is the answer to Problem 1 in Windows PowerShell Mini-Scripting Games 2014. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Here is an answer to Problem 1 in Windows PowerShell Mini-Scripting Games 2014. Last week, I posted the complete Problem 1 description and task outline. Problem one synopsis You are reading a CSV file that was creat...

Summary: Find Windows PowerShell aliases that are read-only and available in all scopes.  How can I produce a list of Windows PowerShell aliases that are read-only and are available in            all Windows PowerShell scopes?  Use the Get-Alias cmdlet to produce a list of aliases, filter on aliases...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson talks about using different types of commands in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. A while ago, someone said there must be 50 ways to stop a process in Windows PowerShell. Although I am not certain that number is entirely accurate, it probably comes close. The great thing abo...