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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

September 15, 2014 Sep 15, 2014 09/15/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the path of the executable for running processes. (image) I noticed a process and I am unsure of what it does. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find more information? (image) Look at the path to the executable to find information about a process. If it is legitimate, often the folder ...

Use PowerShell to Start a Process at Random Times

September 15, 2014 Sep 15, 2014 09/15/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to start a process at random intervals. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a rather unusual request. I am testing a new monitoring application, and I need a script that will start processes at random intervals so I can check the effectiveness of the ...

PowerTip: Use Windows PowerShell to Open Word Document

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

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to open a Microsoft Word document. (image) How can I open a Word document with Windows PowerShell? (image) Use the New-Object cmdlet: $Filename='C:\HappyBirthdayEd.docx' $Word=NEW-Object –comobject Word.Application $Document=$Word.documents.open($Filename) You ...

Weekend Scripter: Manipulating Word and Excel with PowerShell

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

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Leverage the Office API to manipulate data in Word and Excel with Windows PowerShell. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here today to give Ed the day off. Why? Well, it's his birthday, of course! People worldwide have been sending Ed Happy Birthday wishes. His inbox almost went offline with so many "Happy Birthdays&...

PowerTip: Find Array Members with Get-Member in PowerShell

September 13, 2014 Sep 13, 2014 09/13/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn to find members of an array with the Get-Member cmdlet in Windows PowerShell. (image) I have an array of numbers: 1,2,3,4,5 that I assigned to variable $a. When I pipe it to Get-Member: $a | gm, all I see are members for int32. How can I find the members of an array ...

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