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Use PowerShell to Convert to or from JSON

October 8, 2012 Oct 8, 2012 10/8/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Doug Finke, discusses using a simple Windows PowerShell command to convert to or from JSON. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today we have guest blogger, Doug Finke. Microsoft Windows PowerShell MVP, Doug Finke is the author of Windows PowerShell for Developers. He works in New York City for Lab49...

Use PowerShell Environmental Variables to Store Temporary Information

March 22, 2012 Mar 22, 2012 03/22/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Use the Windows PowerShell environmental drive to store temporary information, and still use the Set-StrictMode cmdlet. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is exactly 11 days until the 2012 Scripting Games commence. Here is how I found out that salient piece of information. New-TimeSpan -Start (get-date) -End "april 2, ...

Avoid PowerShell Errors by Initializing Variables

March 21, 2012 Mar 21, 2012 03/21/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using the Set-StrictMode Windows PowerShell cmdlet to aid in detecting uninitialized variables. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Charlotte, North Carolina is alive with color this morning. There is a blue jay sitting on the light post at the end of the driveway, and a ...

Use Strict Mode for PowerShell to Help You Write Good Code

March 20, 2012 Mar 20, 2012 03/20/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about calling a method like a function and using Windows PowerShell strict mode to aid script development. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Believe it or not, the 2012 Scripting Games begin in less than two weeks! That is right, less than two weeks; it hardly seems possible. But ...

Use PowerShell to Copy Files to a Shared Drive

February 27, 2012 Feb 27, 2012 02/27/12
Doctor Scripto
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about using Windows PowerShell to copy a script collection to a shared network drive. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Well, it is Monday in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the United States. Today is a cardio day. I spend the day running around going from meeting to meeting. I also ...