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September 30, 2015Sep 30, 201509/30/15Summary: Use a variable to launch a Windows PowerShell cmdlet and maintain the value of $LastExitCode.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to launch a variable that contains the path to a console application while retaining the error code?
September 30, 2015Sep 30, 201509/30/15Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to apply an image to a Windows To Go key and make it bootable.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Now that I have a Windows To Go key partitioned and formatted for use, how do I apply the operating system image to it?
September 29, 2015Sep 29, 201509/29/15Summary: Use the Get-Partition and Get-Disk cmdlets to identify data storage locations.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily figure out which disk a particular drive letter is on?
Use Get-Partition with the drive letter and pipe the results to Get-Disk, for example:
Get-Partition –DriveLetter Z | Get-Disk
September 29, 2015Sep 29, 201509/29/15Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to partition a Windows To Go device.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Am I able to use Windows PowerShell to set up the necessary partitions to prepare a Window To Go key?
—LL
Hello LL,
Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney,
September 28, 2015Sep 28, 201509/28/15Summary: Use the Get-Disk cmdlet to identify all bootable devices that are attached.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to see which USB devices are set to be bootable on my workstation?
Use the Get-Disk cmdlet and filter on the BootFromDisk and BusType properties, for example:
Get-Disk | Where { $_.BusType -eq 'USB'
