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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Nov 21, 2015

PowerTip: Find Free Commands in PowerShell 5

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to find free commands in Windows PowerShell 5.0. I would like to customize my command line experience in Windows PowerShell 5.0, but I don’t want to write a lot of code. How can I find available commands that are not bound to any keyboard chord sequence? Use the ...

Nov 21, 2015

Weekend Scripter: The Case of the Disappearing PowerShell Console

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about fixing a problem where his Windows PowerShell console disappears. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. So there I was, on a two week trip, out of time, with only my laptop, and I needed to use Windows PowerShell. Most of the time, I use the Windows PowerShell console, but I do ...