Showing results for September 2014 - Page 2 of 12 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about sorting hash tables. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is part of the Scripting Wife’s birthday weekend, and so we are heading out to see the Friesian horse keuring. She has watched the event via live streaming on the Internet, but never attended one in person…so...

Summary: Find all Format*xml files that contain references to specific WMI class.  I am trying to find why a particular WMI class returns a subset of properties. I suspect output is controlled by an            entry in one of the Format*xml files, so how can I use Windows PowerShell to easily find which file conta...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about how Windows PowerShell decides what to display. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning I received an email from a friend with whom I used to work a long time ago. (He was one of the reviewers on the WMI book I wrote in the VBScript days.) Here is his email:  Hey, Mr. E...

Summary: Easily find your current working directory in Windows PowerShell.  I saved a file to my current working directory while I was working in the Windows PowerShell console,            but I am not sure how to find where the file is.  Use the Convert-Path cmdlet and specify a period ( .&nbs...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about calculating properties in output.  Hey, Scripting Guy! Dude, I’ve got a question. I read your Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog every day. In fact, most times, I read it twice a day. One thing you do all the time, and I don’t understand, is that you send something to, like, Format-Tab...