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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.

Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

PowerTip: Find How Many Days until PowerShell Summit Europe 2014

September 5, 2014 Sep 5, 2014 09/5/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find how many days until Windows PowerShell Summit Europe in Amsterdam. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to help me find how many days until the Windows PowerShell Summit Europe 2014 in Amsterdam? (image) Use the New-TimeSpan cmdlet, ...

PowerShell Summit Europe 2014 in Amsterdam

September 5, 2014 Sep 5, 2014 09/5/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about the Windows PowerShell Summit Europe in Amsterdam. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is nearly here...just a few weeks actually. And unbelievably, there are still a few tickets left. I am talking about the Windows PowerShell Summit Europe 2014 in Amsterdam. This ...

PowerTip: Use Complete Name for PowerShell Cmdlet

September 4, 2014 Sep 4, 2014 09/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the complete name for a Windows PowerShell cmdlet. (image) How can I ensure that I use the correct cmdlet in my Windows PowerShell session if I think there might be more than one with the same name? (image) Use the complete name of the cmdlet—this includes the module name...

PowerShell Naming Conflicts

September 4, 2014 Sep 4, 2014 09/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to handle naming conflicts for Windows PowerShell cmdlets. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! My Windows PowerShell installation is completely hosted on my laptop. In fact, I tried to uninstall and reinstall Windows PowerShell, but that did not work. I really do not want to have to pave my laptop. I download this module from ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Copy Array

September 3, 2014 Sep 3, 2014 09/3/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to copy an array. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to copy the contents of one array over another array? (image) One way to do this is to use the Copy static method from the System.Array .NET Framework class, for example: PS C:> $a = 1,2,3,4,5 PS C:> $b = 6,7,8,9,10 PS C:>...

Scripting Blog [archived]

September 2014 - Page 11 of 12 - Scripting Blog [archived]