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Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to open a Microsoft Word document. How can I open a Word document with Windows PowerShell? Use the New-Object cmdlet: $Filename='C:\HappyBirthdayEd.docx' $Word=NEW-Object –comobject Word.Application $Document=$Word.documents.open($Filename) You can now programmatical...
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" c...
Summary: Learn to find members of an array with the Get-Member cmdlet in Windows PowerShell. 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 by using ...
Summary: Guest blogger, Vinay Pamnani, talks about a cool new WMI tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the absolutely greatest things about working for Microsoft is the chance to meet (even virtually) and interact with really smart people who absolutely love technology. I recently ran across a post by Vinay (todays guest blogge...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find WMI classes related to services that reveal start mode. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find a WMI class that will help me identify how services are starting? Use the Get-CimClass cmdlet, use a wildcard character for the name, and specify StartMode &nbs...