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Weekend Scripter: Expanding Compressed Archives—The Video

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, created a video that illustrates expanding compressed archives with Windows PowerShell 5.0.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. There is a gigantic shaggy dog looking in the window at me. I think it is a North American slobber hound, but then I have never been great at identifying shaggy ...

Weekend Scripter: Compressed Archives—The Video

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, created a video to illustrate using Windows PowerShell 5.0 to create compressed archives.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The sky is a deep blue, and the early morning haze on the horizon hides the fluffy white clouds causing them to blend into the sky like a brush stroke by an ...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell 5 to Compress Files

Summary: Learn how to use the new Compress-Archive cmdlet to compress selected files in Windows PowerShell 5.0. (image)  How can I compress a bunch of files on my computer that match a pattern I supply to Get-ChildItem? (image)  Use Get-ChildItem to find the files you want to compress, and pipe the results to...

Working with Compressed Files in PowerShell 5

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about the new compressed file cmdlets in Windows PowerShell 5.0 on Windows 10.Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It finally happened. I ran out of Gunpowder Green tea over the weekend. I have been making lots of Gunpowder Green tea with hibiscus flowers, rose hips, lemon grass, and ...

New Feature in PowerShell 5: Compress Files

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about the compressing files feature in Windows PowerShell 5.0. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. This morning, the sun is shining, the air is dead calm, and I am sitting outside under a gigantic old oak tree with my Windows Surface Pro 3 that I upgraded to Windows 10. I am ...