Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find the user profile path. How can I easily get information about the folder and path to the profile for a currently signed-in user? Use the Env: PowerShell drive, and select the UserProfile environmental variable: $env:USERPROFILE
Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find information about Windows PowerShell errors. How can I find more information about a specific error when I look at the $error automatic variable? The $error automatic variable contain rich objects. For example, the InvocationInfo property shows &nb...
Summary: Quickly find multiple Windows PowerShell aliases. I have a bunch of Windows PowerShell commands I have been using, but they seem to act strangely sometimes. I need to know if they are aliases or real commands. How can I tell? Use the Get-Alias cmdlet to look up aliases and resolve the...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shares what he noticed while grading the 2014 Winter PowerShell Scripting Games entries. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. So the 2014 Winter PowerShell Scripting Games are over. One of the cool things about this year’s Winter Games is that they were team events. This means that groups ...
Summary: Use a Windows PowerShell cmdlet to start a hidden process. How can I launch a hidden process by using a Windows PowerShell cmdlet? Use the Start-Process cmdlet and specify a window style of hidden: Start-Process -WindowStyle hidden -FilePath notepad.exe
