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Use New PowerShell 5 Cmdlet to Create Objects from Strings

August 18, 2015 Aug 18, 2015 08/18/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a new Windows PowerShell cmdlet to create objects from strings.  Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that even though Windows PowerShell 5.0 in Windows 10 has a lot of cool new stuff, I still end up using command-line utilities. I don’t know if it is just me, or if there are ...

Use the PowerShell 5 Convert-String Cmdlet

August 17, 2015 Aug 17, 2015 08/17/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using the new Convert-String cmdlet in Windows PowerShell 5.0 to manipulate strings. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Over the weekend, the Scripting Wife and I headed out and about to explore central Florida. We found a really cool lake town that had an awesome tea shop. We ...

Weekend Scripter: Expanding Compressed Archives—The Video

August 16, 2015 Aug 16, 2015 08/16/15
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, created a video that illustrates expanding compressed archives with Windows PowerShell 5.0.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. There is a gigantic shaggy dog looking in the window at me. I think it is a North American slobber hound, but then I have never been great at identifying shaggy ...

Weekend Scripter: Compressed Archives—The Video

August 15, 2015 Aug 15, 2015 08/15/15
Doctor Scripto
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 ...