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PowerTip: Where Did that PowerShell Cmdlet Come From?

September 14, 2012 Sep 14, 2012 09/14/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Determine the source of a particular Windows PowerShell cmdlet. (image)  How can I tell if a Windows PowerShell cmdlet comes from one module or from another module? (image)  Use the Get-Command cmdlet, and select the module property: Get-Command unblock-file | select name, module (image...

Easily Unblock All Files in a Directory Using PowerShell

September 14, 2012 Sep 14, 2012 09/14/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to unblock all files in a directory. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today is the day. As those of you who have been reading the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog on a regular basis know, today is the speaker’s dinner (and scripting slumber party) for ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Easily Read an XML Document

September 13, 2012 Sep 13, 2012 09/13/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use the [xml] type accelerator to greatly simplify reading XML documents. (image)  How can I easily read an XML file? (image)  Use the [XML] type accelerator to convert results from Get-Content into an XML document, and then use dotted notation to access the nodes: [xml]$books = Get-Content C:\fso\Books.XML $...

Use PowerShell to Simplify Access to XML Data

September 13, 2012 Sep 13, 2012 09/13/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell 3.0 to read XML files. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Tomorrow, we have the speaker’s dinner at the house that script built. The Scripting Wife and I have invited all the Windows PowerShell Saturday speakers for the Charlotte Windows...

PowerTip: Easily Find WMI Class Schema Information with PowerShell

September 12, 2012 Sep 12, 2012 09/12/12

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use a one-line command to obtain WMI class schema (MOF) information. (image)  How can I use Windows PowerShell to display the MOF of a WMI class? (image)  Use the WMIClass type accelerator, and then call the static GetText method whilst supplying the word MOF:       &...