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Using PowerShell to View and Remove Wireless Profiles in Windows 10 – Part 4

October 16, 2019 Oct 16, 2019 10/16/19

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Using Windows PowerShell to purge Wlan profiles with NetSh.exe. Last week we had a way with a Regular Expression to run one Netsh.exe command and show only the profile names as a PowerShell Array. Today we're going to finish the task and show you how to delete those Profiles. As a quick reminder here's the line in PowerShell ...

PowerTip: Create list of approved PowerShell verbs

January 23, 2016 Jan 23, 2016 01/23/16

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to easily produce a list of approved Windows PowerShell verbs. (image) How can I find what verbs are approved for use in a Windows PowerShell function? (image) Use the Get-Verb cmdlet, and to make it easy to peruse, send the output to the Out-GridView cmdlet: get-verb | Out-GridView (image...

Use Function to Determine Elevation of PowerShell Console

July 29, 2015 Jul 29, 2015 07/29/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a function to determine if a Windows PowerShell console is elevated. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. I had a friend tell me that nearly half of all the cmdlets, functions, and whatever’s in Windows PowerShell 4.0 on Windows Server 2012 R2 required ...

One of My Favorite PowerShell Functions

July 28, 2015 Jul 28, 2015 07/28/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, discusses one of his favorite functions: Get-EnumValues. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I am working on my presentation for Atlanta TechStravaganza 2015, which will happen on August 21. It will be a really cool event, and the Scripting Wife and I are looking forward to ...

Weekend Scripter: Replace One PowerShell Function with Another

July 25, 2015 Jul 25, 2015 07/25/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about replacing one Windows PowerShell function with a different one. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the problems with writing Windows PowerShell code every day is that you eventually... No, it’s not what you think. I am often asked if I run out of ideas, and the ...

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