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Hey, Scripting Guy! What’s the Deal with the Dash in Cmdlet Names?

(image) (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I enjoy using Windows PowerShell, but I do not like the two-word cmdlet names you created for everything. As a matter of fact, I hate the two-word cmdlet names because the dash (-) symbol is hard to type. I guess I will eventually get used to it, but you have to realize that Windows PowerShell as a ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Why Would I Even Want to Create a Profile in Windows PowerShell?

(image) (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Okay, I get that I can create a profile for Windows PowerShell. What I don’t understand is why I would want to create a profile in the first place. It seems to me that Windows PowerShell 2.0 works just fine the way it is. Can you enlighten me a bit? -- VW (image) Hello VW, Microsoft ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Use Profiles with Windows PowerShell?

(image)  !-->(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to personalize the way that Windows PowerShell works. I have been hearing that I can use a thing called a profile to do this, but when I try to find information about profiles, I come up blank. There is no New-Profile Windows PowerShell cmdlet so I do not see how to create such...