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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

PowerTip: Determine Name of PowerShell Host

July 9, 2015 Jul 9, 2015 07/9/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to determine the name of the Windows PowerShell host. (image) How can I find the name of the Windows PowerShell host (such as the Windows PowerShell console or the Windows PowerShell ISE)? (image) Use the Get-Host cmdlet and select the Name property: (...

Understanding Advanced Functions in PowerShell

July 9, 2015 Jul 9, 2015 07/9/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about Windows PowerShell advanced functions. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I keep hearing about advanced functions, but to be honest, I am not really sure what they are talking about. I mean, I can do a function, but when does it become advanced? Only when it is really long? Or when it ...

PowerTip: Find Status of Range of Services with PowerShell

July 8, 2015 Jul 8, 2015 07/8/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the status of a range of services. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find the status of a range of services that have an initial letter that does not begin with V through Z? (image) Use Get-Service with the –Exclude ...

Fun with PowerShell Functions

July 8, 2015 Jul 8, 2015 07/8/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about basic design considerations for Windows PowerShell functions. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I keep hearing about functions, but I really do not know what they are, how to create one, or even how to use one. Can you help me with this? I am not a programmer, but it seems likely that ...

PowerTip: Pick Up User Name with PowerShell

July 7, 2015 Jul 7, 2015 07/7/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to easily pick up the user name. (image) How can I easily pick up the user name from my Windows PowerShell script? (image) Use the USERNAME environmental variable, and pick it up from the $env Windows PowerShell drive: $env:USERNAME (image...

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