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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

July 16, 2015 Jul 16, 2015 07/16/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Find all disabled breakpoints in a Windows PowerShell session. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to see what breakpoints are disabled in my current session? (image) Use the Get-PSBreakPoint cmdlet, and filter breakpoints that are not enabled, for example: Get-PSBreakpoint | where {-not ($_.enabled)} (image...

Understanding PowerShell Script Debugging

July 16, 2015 Jul 16, 2015 07/16/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about understanding Windows PowerShell debugging. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am working a little bit on my presentation for the Atlanta TechStravagenza that will be held at the Georgia Tech Research Institute Conference Center in midtown Atlanta on Friday August 21, ...

PowerTip: Find References to Uninitialized Variables in PowerShell

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

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Easily find references to uninitialized variables in Windows PowerShell. (image) My extremely long script keeps failing and I suspect it may be because of variables that are not initialized prior to being used. How can I find uninitialized variables? (image) Use the Set-...

PowerShell Cruise announced

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

mredwilson

SUMMARY: The Windows PowerShell Cruise, PowerShell on the high seas, is announced What's better than a vacation? How's geeking out about PowerShell (and other technologies) with a bunch of MVPs and doing that, in the Bahamas? I'm Doug Finke, 7 time PowerShell MVP and author or "PowerShell for Developers". Earlier this year people in the ...

Use PowerShell Strict Mode for Debugging

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

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using strict mode in Windows PowerShell for debugging purposes. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the cool things about Windows PowerShell is that it can take being ignored or being used carelessly and sloppily, and it still seems to work fine. I mean, in the old days ...

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