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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

July 15, 2011 Jul 15, 2011 07/15/11

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to check disk space used by logs, and to clear those logs to reclaim space. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I found as I was researching ways to enable and to disable the ETW trace logs is that a seemingly large number of people wanted a way to clear out all the logs...

Use PowerShell to Leverage Existing VBScript Scripts

June 10, 2011 Jun 10, 2011 06/10/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell and still leverage your existing VBScript scripts. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. This week we will have one guest blogger for the entire week. Sean Kearney has written a series of blog posts about Windows PowerShell and the Legacy. I am not going to be redundant by reposting his ...

Use Console Apps to Supercharge PowerShell

June 9, 2011 Jun 9, 2011 06/9/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to supercharge your Windows PowerShell experience by using freely available console applications. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. This week we will have one guest blogger for the entire week. Sean Kearney has written a series of blog posts about Windows PowerShell and the Legacy. I am not going to be redundant by ...

Use PowerShell to Pass Parameters to VBScript

June 8, 2011 Jun 8, 2011 06/8/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to pass parameters to VBScript scripts and to console applications. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. This week we will have one guest blogger for the entire week. Sean Kearney has written a series of blog posts about Windows PowerShell and the Legacy. I am not going to be redundant by ...

Work with Legacy Exit Codes in PowerShell

June 7, 2011 Jun 7, 2011 06/7/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Sean Kearney, talks about working with legacy exit codes in Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. This week we will have one guest blogger for the entire week. Sean Kearney has written a series of blog posts about Windows PowerShell and the Legacy. I am not going to be ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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