Showing results for March 2015 - Page 10 of 12 - Scripting Blog [archived]

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 down a...

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

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 so c...

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

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating custom Windows PowerShell snippets.  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 work, and I coul...