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Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about Windows PowerShell tips and tricks from the Charlotte User Group meeting. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Last week was a special meeting at the Charlotte Windows PowerShell User Group. It followed immediately after the Windows PowerShell Summit, and as a result, the user group i...

Summary: Determine if a property is a member of an object in Windows PowerShell.  How can I determine if a specific property is actually a member of an object in my Windows PowerShell script?  Use the Get-Member cmdlet, and cast the response into a Boolean data type by using the [bool] type         ...

Summary: Learn how to roll back an active Windows PowerShell transaction.  I started a transaction to modify the registry on my computer running Windows 8.1, but something failed,            and I want to roll back the transaction. How can I do this?  Use the Undo-Transaction cmdlet to roll bac...

Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to move user files and update the registry.  Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to move a bunch of user files from their local computer to a network share so we can back up the user's data prior to migrating their desktops. I know there are various tools I can use t...

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to set your default location stack.  How can I use Windows PowerShell to set the default for some named location stacks that I created?  Use the Set-Location cmdlet and specify the stack name, for example: Set-Location -StackName REG