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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

January 24, 2015 Jan 24, 2015 01/24/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: View Windows PowerShell cmdlet Help online. (image) How can I view Windows PowerShell Help in my web browser? (image) The –Online parameter with the Get-Help cmdlet opens the latest online Windows PowerShell Help in your ...

Weekend Scripter: The Changing Nature of Documentation

January 24, 2015 Jan 24, 2015 01/24/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about the changing nature of documentation. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This week, we announced Microsoft HoloLens during the Windows 10: The Next Chapter webcast. I mean, I want one—badly. This is going to be an incredible year. The excitement of holographic computing ...

PowerTip: Pipe String to Get-Date

January 23, 2015 Jan 23, 2015 01/23/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Pipe a string to the Windows PowerShell Get-Date cmdlet to convert it to a DateTime object. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to convert a date that is in a string format to a DateTime object? (image) Create a pipeline, for example: "11/14/2015" | get-date (image...

Create Custom Date Formats with PowerShell

January 23, 2015 Jan 23, 2015 01/23/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating custom date formats with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about working with Windows PowerShell is that it is highly configurable. In short, if there is something that I do not like, I can change it. Most of the time, that ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Display date Format for Specific Culture

January 22, 2015 Jan 22, 2015 01/22/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to display date formatting for a specific culture. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to see the short date pattern for a specific culture without changing my UI culture settings? (image) Use the CultureInfo class from System....

Scripting Blog [archived]

January 2015 - Page 4 of 11 - Scripting Blog [archived]