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Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, created a video to illustrate using Windows PowerShell 5.0 to create compressed archives.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The sky is a deep blue, and the early morning haze on the horizon hides the fluffy white clouds causing them to blend into the sky like a brush stroke by an impressio...

Summary: Learn how to use the new Compress-Archive cmdlet to compress selected files in Windows PowerShell 5.0.  How can I compress a bunch of files on my computer that match a pattern I supply to Get-ChildItem?  Use Get-ChildItem to find the files you want to compress, and pipe the results to the Compress-Ar...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about the new compressed file cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 5.0 on Windows 10.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It finally happened. I ran out of Gunpowder Green tea over the weekend. I have been making lots of Gunpowder Green tea with hibiscus flowers, rose hips, lemon grass, and other ...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about the compressing files feature in Windows PowerShell 5.0. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning, the sun is shining, the air is dead calm, and I am sitting outside under a gigantic old oak tree with my Windows Surface Pro 3 that I upgraded to Windows 10. I am sipping a...

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to add content to a file.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to add content to a file?  Use the Add-Content cmdlet, and specify the path to the file and the value of the content, for example: Add-Content C:\fso\AnEmptyFile.txt -Value "This is content"