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PowerTip: Use PowerShell to disable all scheduled tasks in folder

February 26, 2016 Feb 26, 2016 02/26/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to disable all scheduled tasks in a specific folder.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to disable all scheduled tasks in a particular folder?  Use the Get-ScheduledTask cmdlet to enumerate the scheduled tasks in the folder, and then pipe the objects to the Disable-ScheduledTask cmdlet, for example: Get-...

Find DSC resources that are available in the PowerShell Gallery

February 24, 2016 Feb 24, 2016 02/24/16
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell commands to easily find Desired State Configuration resources that are available in the PowerShell Gallery. One of the cool things about Windows PowerShell is that it makes exploring data easy. And everything is data in some form. Whether it is local or remote, whether it is plain text; a .csv, ....