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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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

PowerTip: Use Windows PowerShell to Open Word Document

September 14, 2014 Sep 14, 2014 09/14/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to open a Microsoft Word document. (image) How can I open a Word document with Windows PowerShell? (image) Use the New-Object cmdlet: $Filename='C:\HappyBirthdayEd.docx' $Word=NEW-Object –comobject Word.Application $Document=$Word.documents.open($Filename) You ...

Weekend Scripter: Manipulating Word and Excel with PowerShell

September 14, 2014 Sep 14, 2014 09/14/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Leverage the Office API to manipulate data in Word and Excel with Windows PowerShell. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here today to give Ed the day off. Why? Well, it's his birthday, of course! People worldwide have been sending Ed Happy Birthday wishes. His inbox almost went offline with so many "Happy Birthdays&...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Identify Users Without a Photo

August 9, 2014 Aug 9, 2014 08/9/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: List all users who do not have a photo assigned in Active Directory. (image) Is there a simple way that I can use Windows PowerShell to identify users who do not have a photo assigned in Active Directory? (image) Target the ThumbnailPhoto property, and filter the users for Null: GET-ADUSER –filter * -...

Weekend Scripter: Exporting and Importing Photos in Active Directory

August 9, 2014 Aug 9, 2014 08/9/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to import and export photos in Active Directory. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here. I was playing about with Active Directory this week. I wanted to be able to get photos to automatically populate on my workstations running Windows 7. By doing some online reading, I found that you can store this...

PowerTip: List All Parameters for a Cmdlet

July 25, 2014 Jul 25, 2014 07/25/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn to provide a parameter list for a cmdlet in a viewable table. (image) I am trying to work with cmdlets with so many parameters that I am having a hard time reading them in Get-Help. Is there a way to list them in a single table? (image) Access the Parameters ...

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