Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a function to determine if a Windows PowerShell console is elevated. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I had a friend tell me that nearly half of all the cmdlets, functions, and whatever’s in Windows PowerShell 4.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 required eleva...
Summary: Read the content of a text file with a backtick ( ` ) in the name. How can I use Windows PowerShell to read the content of a file that has a backtick ( ` ) in the file name? Use single quotation marks around the name when you supply the path to Get-Content, for example: Get-Content 'c:\fso\a file with a `in ...
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, discusses one of his favorite functions: Get-EnumValues. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am working on my presentation for Atlanta TechStravaganza 2015, which will happen on August 21. It will be a really cool event, and the Scripting Wife and I are looking forward to attending ...
Summary: Find Windows PowerShell variables that are defined for all scopes. How can I find what variables are defined as AllScope in my Windows PowerShell environment? Get a list of all your variables, and filter for options that include AllScope, for example: (dir variable:).where({$_.options -match 'allscope'})
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about adding a description to variables. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. There is a “water feature” outside that keeps running and running and running. It is a bit strange, and to be honest, it makes me think that it is raining all the time. In central Florida in the summer...
