Summary: Learn how to see the most recent error in Windows PowerShell. I ran a script that fails. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the most recent error? Use $error, and to see the most recent error, look at error 0: $error[0]
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Try, Catch, Finally blocks to catch Windows PowerShell errors related to reading the registry. Hey, Scripting Guy! Yesterday you posted Update or Add Registry Key Value with PowerShell. Would it be easy to use Try, Catch, Finally blocks to know if I need to create the registry key...
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to read a registry key property value. How can I use Windows PowerShell to read a registry key property value so I can find the version of a particular software package? Use the Get-ItemProperty cmdlet, for example: Get-ItemProperty -Path HKCU:\Software\ScriptingGuys\Scripts -Name version
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to update or add a registry key value. Hey, Scripting Guy! I am having a problem trying to update the registry. I am using the New-ItemProperty cmdlet, but it fails if the registry key does not exist. I added the –Force parameter, but it still will not cre...
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to get a file hash. How can I use Windows PowerShell to get a hash of a file? Use the Get-FileHash cmdlet, for example: (Get-FileHash C:\fso\myfile.txt).hash
