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Use PowerShell to Find and Change Read-Only Files

June 19, 2012 Jun 19, 2012 06/19/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to find read-only Microsoft Excel files and to change them to read-write. (image)  Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem that hopefully you can resolve. We recently restored a bunch of files from tape, and for some reason they all became marked as read-only. ...

Getting Directory Sizes in PowerShell

May 25, 2012 May 25, 2012 05/25/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Guest blogger, Bill Stewart, discusses a Windows PowerShell function to determine folder size. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Guest blogger today is Bill Stewart. Bill Stewart is a scripting guru and a moderator for the Official Scripting Guys forum. Here’s Bill… You have probably asked this question ...

Use PowerShell to Copy Files to a Shared Drive

February 27, 2012 Feb 27, 2012 02/27/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to copy a script collection to a shared network drive. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, it is Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. Today is a cardio day. I spend the day running around going from meeting to meeting. I also ...