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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Long String Running

November 3, 2015 Nov 3, 2015 11/3/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using a compound string command. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The other day, the Scripting Wife and I headed to Nashville for a couple of speaking engagements. We decided to head through Alabama instead of going through Atlanta for a couple of reasons. We have never ...

Creating Pop-ups by Using PowerShell

November 2, 2015 Nov 2, 2015 11/2/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Guest blogger and PowerShell MVP, Chrissy LeMaire, talks about creating pop-ups with Windows PowerShell. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome today a brand new guest blogger, Chrissy LeMaire. Chrissy is a systems engineer and PowerShell MVP. Always an avid scripter, she attended the Monad session at the Microsoft ...

Playing with JSON and PowerShell

October 8, 2015 Oct 8, 2015 10/8/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about playing with JSON and Windows PowerShell 5.0. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Scripting Wife has an updated shopping list. It includes a Microsoft Band 2 and a Surface Pro 4. The launch was a mouthwatering event and really well done. One of the cool ...

PowerTip: Concatenate String Array with PowerShell

October 7, 2015 Oct 7, 2015 10/7/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to concatenate elements of a array. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to concatenate the elements of a string array? (image) Use the static Concat method from the String class, for example: $a = "string a" $b = "string b" $arr = @($a,$b) [string]::Concat...

Dude, a String Is a String in PowerShell

October 7, 2015 Oct 7, 2015 10/7/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about using string methods to determine null or empty in Windows PowerShell. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem with a script. It is used to write data to another application, but sometimes the variables in it are empty. I have tried to detect this by checking to see if the ...

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