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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Weekend Scripter: Use PowerShell to Create Folder

March 8, 2015 Mar 8, 2015 03/8/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to create folders. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I am not a huge fan of using a mouse. In fact, the more things I can do from Windows PowerShell the better. It is a huge waste of time for me when I have to remove my hands from the keyboard, chase ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Read the Content of a ZIP File

March 7, 2015 Mar 7, 2015 03/7/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to read the content of a .zip file. (image) How can I read the content of a .zip file from within Windows PowerShell? (image) Use the OpenRead static method from the IO.Compression.ZipFile .NET Framework class. First, you will need to ...

Weekend Scripter: Avoid PowerShell Scripting—Use GUI Tools

March 7, 2015 Mar 7, 2015 03/7/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about exporting queries from the event log tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It has long been a truism (at least with things related to computers): powerful is opposite of simple. I can have a tool that is powerful, but with that power comes complexity. When that complexity is...

PowerTip: Encrypt Files with PowerShell

March 6, 2015 Mar 6, 2015 03/6/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to easily encrypt files by using Windows PowerShell. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily encrypt files? (image) Use the Encrypt static method from the System.IO.File .NET Framework class, for example: [io.file]::Encrypt("C:\fso\FileWithOutExtension") (image...

Don’t Script: Create PowerShell Snippets

March 6, 2015 Mar 6, 2015 03/6/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating custom Windows PowerShell snippets. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Thank you for yesterday's blog post, Don’t Write Scripts: Use Snippets. I like the idea of having access to Windows PowerShell script snippets. But I used to create my own snippets. It made it easier for me to ...

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