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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

Showing tag results for PowerTip

Aug 2, 2012

PowerTip: Read Only and Constant Variables

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn the difference between a read-only variable and a constant.Question: What is the difference between a read-only variable and a constant?Answer: A read-only variable is one with content that is read-only. It can, however, be modified by using the Set-Variable cmdlet with the –force parameter. It can also be d...

Aug 1, 2012

PowerTip: Counting PowerShell Cmdlets

Doctor Scripto

Summary: PowerTip for counting the number of cmdlets in your Windows PowerShell installationQuestion: How many cmdlets are available in a default Windows PowerShell 3.0 installation in Windows 8?Answer: 403Question: How did you find out how many cmdlets are available in the default Windows PowerShell installation?Answer:&nb...