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Create a Transcript of Commands from the Windows PowerShell ISE

September 25, 2010 Sep 25, 2010 09/25/10
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Summary: Create a transcript of commands from the Windows PowerShell ISE in this Microsoft Scripting Guys how-to article.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I enjoy about using the Windows PowerShell console is the transcript feature. When I am playing around on the Windows PowerShell console, experimenting, ...

Learn How to Customize the Windows PowerShell Script Editor

September 18, 2010 Sep 18, 2010 09/18/10
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  Summary: Learn how to customize the Windows PowerShell script editor by using readily available functions from the PowerShellPack.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Even well-planned blogs often go astray. If you have been keeping up with our Weekend Scripter series, you know that today I am supposed to talk about adding a ...

Modify the PowerShell ISE to Automatically Add a Script Header

September 12, 2010 Sep 12, 2010 09/12/10
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  Summary: Customize the Windows PowerShell ISE by automatically adding custom headers to new scripts. The Microsoft Scripting Guys show you how.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Oliver, my friend in Regensburg, Germany, was having a problem adding a user to a group from another forest. He kept asking me questions when I was...

Automatically Add Comment-Based Help to Your PowerShell Scripts

September 11, 2010 Sep 11, 2010 09/11/10
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Summary: Automatically add comment-based help to your Windows PowerShell scripts; learn how in this how-to article by Scripting Guy Ed Wilson.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Last Sunday, I spent the morning creating a Windows PowerShell ISE profile. Today, I thought I would add something to that profile that will make my ...