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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Automatically Create Hash Tables and Reverse Values

October 6, 2014 Oct 6, 2014 10/6/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to automatically create hash tables and reverse keys and values. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, I was playing around with Windows PowerShell, and thought I would create a couple of hash tables automatically. One hash table would contain all of the lowercase ASCII letters in the order of ASCII ...

PowerTip: View All Values of an Enum

October 5, 2014 Oct 5, 2014 10/5/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to view all values of an enum.(image) How can I view all of the available values of an enum?(image) Use the [Enum]::GetNames() method, for example:PS C: > [Enum]::GetNames([System.ConsoleColor])...

Weekend Scripter: Give Your PowerShell Console a Glassy Theme

October 5, 2014 Oct 5, 2014 10/5/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to give the Windows PowerShell console a glass-like look. Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. Have you ever sat at your desk while working in the Windows PowerShell console and thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if this console had a more unique look...

PowerTip: Find How Many Scripts Use Write-Host

October 4, 2014 Oct 4, 2014 10/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find how many scripts use the Write-Host cmdlet. (image) I am trying to improve how I write Windows PowerShell scripts, and I want to reduce the number of times I use Write-Host. How can I find how many times I used this cmdlet in my scripts? (...

Weekend Scripter: Change PowerShell Get-Help to Display Examples

October 4, 2014 Oct 4, 2014 10/4/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about changing the Get-Help cmdlet so it always displays examples. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. For the last several weeks, I have been working on a project at work. The documentation team talked to customers to see how they were using Windows PowerShell, and to see how and ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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