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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

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

Automate Facebook with a Free PowerShell Module

August 15, 2011 Aug 15, 2011 08/15/11

CraigLieb

Summary: Guest Blogger Jon Newman shows how to automate Facebook with a free Windows PowerShell module. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It’s Guest Blogger Week! Today, we have Jon Newman from Microsoft who is going to talk to us about his new Windows PowerShell Facebook module. Take it away, Jon. Thanks to Ed Wilson for giving me...

Download TechEd Sessions Automatically by Using PowerShell

June 2, 2011 Jun 2, 2011 06/2/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to automatically download TechEd sessions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Today we have a guest blogger: Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Marco Shaw. Downloading Microsoft TechEd sessions automatically Microsoft’s TechEd conference is ...

Scripting Wife Learns About Unblocking Files in PowerShell

April 2, 2011 Apr 2, 2011 04/2/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: The Scripting Wife learns how to unblock files that are downloaded from the Internet by using Windows PowerShell and a Sysinternals tool. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. It is two days until the 2011 Scripting Games kick off. Things are quiet right now, and I am enjoying a chance to catch my breath and to relax. I am ...

Use PowerShell Regular Expressions to Parse an RSS Feed

March 4, 2011 Mar 4, 2011 03/4/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell regular expressions to parse an RSS feed. (image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find patterns in text with regular expressions when I am unsure of where line breaks will occur in the text I am reading? —TT (image) Hello TT, Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson here. Today Tome Tanasovski is ...

Use PowerShell to Download and Install Internet Code Snippets

February 12, 2011 Feb 12, 2011 02/12/11

ScriptingGuy1

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to download code snippets from the Internet and install them for use in the Windows PowerShell ISE. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. It seems as if there is an old song that rather describes things right now. It goes somewhat like this: The weather outside is frightful, But the ...

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