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Summary: Learn how to interactively update the Windows PowerShell prompt and title. Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here today to have a little bit of fun with the Windows PowerShell console. Why not? It’s a Sunday, it’s the last day of my time off, and I feel like playing. There have been many posts online about the fun you ca...

Summary: Learn how to parse a here-string with Windows PowerShell.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here to show you a neat little trick.Anyone who has ever scheduled a PowerShell task knows that if you want to launch a cmdlet directly in PowerShell, you would launch it like this:PowerShell.exe –ExecutionPolicy Bypass –command &l...

Summary: Sean Kearney investigates how to navigate file system content.Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney, is here with an early holiday gift—a way to deal with copying many files and getting some kind of progress on the update.I ran into this problem when I was duplicating file structures onto USB keys for Windows to Go a few months ago. M...

Summary: Doug Finke, Microsoft MVP, introduces a new way to edit code.There’s a new editor in town and as with any new shiny toy, it’s a good to download, kick the tires, and give it the seven day test. The seven day test is when you install it, try it, and see if you consistently come back to it over seven days. If you don’t, the...

Summary: Guest blogger, Tim Warner, talks about using Windows PowerShell conceptual Help.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome back Timothy Warner as our guest blogger today.Tim is an author and evangelist for Pluralsight, a premier online IT pro and development training company. Tim is the author of Windows PowerShell in 24 Hours, S...