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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.

Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Use PowerShell to Work with the .NET Framework Classes

November 11, 2010 Nov 11, 2010 11/11/10

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to work with the .NET Framework classes and assemblies. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I want to be able to find information about services that are related to device drivers but I cannot find a Windows PowerShell cmdlet that provides that information. Is there something in the .NET ...

Use PowerShell to Work with the .NET Framework Service Classes

November 10, 2010 Nov 10, 2010 11/10/10

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to work with the .NET Framework service controller classes. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am curious about the .NET Framework. I tried to use a .NET Framework class in a Windows PowerShell script recently, and the script seems to run erratically. Because I am in the middle of ...

Using PowerShell Get-Member to Explore the .NET Framework

November 9, 2010 Nov 9, 2010 11/9/10

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use the Windows PowerShell Get-Member cmdlet to explore the .NET Framework in this interactive how-to post. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! When you give examples of using the Get-Member cmdlet to explore the members of something in Windows PowerShell it seems so easy. The problem is that when I use it, ...

Use .NET Classes to Configure the Windows PowerShell Console

November 8, 2010 Nov 8, 2010 11/8/10

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: The Microsoft Scripting Guys show how to use .NET Framework classes to configure the Windows PowerShell console. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I am curious about how the .NET Framework classes work. I saw posts from a couple weeks ago, but I still have questions. For example, it seems that the Windows PowerShell console is...

Learn How to Use .NET Framework Commands inside Windows PowerShell

October 26, 2010 Oct 26, 2010 10/26/10

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson shows how to use .NET Framework commands inside Windows PowerShell (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I understand that Windows PowerShell is built upon the .NET Framework. I also get the idea that some of the Windows PowerShell cmdlets are simply calling things from the .NET Framework in the ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

.NET Framework - Scripting Blog [archived]