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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Create Custom Type Data in PowerShell to Format WMI Display

April 15, 2015 Apr 15, 2015 04/15/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about creating custom type data to control the way a WMI class displays. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Yesterday, you said you could create custom type data to control the way the Win32_Volume WMI class reports back. How would one go about doing that? I looked on the Internet, and to be ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Find Cmdlets that Use CIM

April 14, 2015 Apr 14, 2015 04/14/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find cmdlets that use CIM. (image) I want to see what Windows PowerShell cmdlets will use a CIM session, but when I use Get-Command, only a couple things return. How can I fix this? (image) Windows PowerShell automatically loads modules, but when ...

Comparing CIM and WMI in PowerShell

April 14, 2015 Apr 14, 2015 04/14/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about comparing CIM and Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! When I query using a CIM function, I get back different stuff than when I query WMI. I don’t get it. Can you help? —BW (image) Hello BW, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Yesterday in ...

Working with Volumes in CIM

April 13, 2015 Apr 13, 2015 04/13/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about working with volumes with Windows PowerShell and CIM. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I don’t understand CIM at all. I mean, I thought it was basically WMI, but when I use WMI to look at volumes, I see different stuff. Can you help me? —AB (image) Hello AB, Microsoft ...

Registry Cmdlets: Complete the Registry CDXML Module

February 5, 2015 Feb 5, 2015 02/5/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Richard Siddaway shows how to complete the registry CDXML module. Honorary Scripting Guy, Richard Siddaway, here today filling in for my good friend, The Scripting Guy. This is the final post in a series. To catch up, read: So far, you’ve seen how to create a CDXML module with a single cmdlet based on the GetStringValue...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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