Showing archive results for July 2015

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about a pair of cool Windows PowerShell functions to add to your profile. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. At times, it seems like a Windows PowerShell profile is like a filing cabinet. Whether you have good organizational skills or you organize in a more ad-hoc, random, fashion is a ma...

Summary: Easily open the Windows Explorer to a specific location in Windows PowerShell.  How can I use Windows PowerShell with the Windows Explorer graphical tool to browse through the files in            my home directory or documents location?  Use the Explorer program name and follow it with the location. For your home directory, use the   ...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about creating a sortable transcript name. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the great things about Windows PowerShell is that if there is something that annoys you, you can generally fix it. Don’t get me wrong, Windows PowerShell is great, but like any program, there are th...

Summary: Determine if you are running inside the Windows PowerShell console.  How can I find if I am running inside the Windows PowerShell console for my Windows PowerShell profile?  Look at the $host.name property. If it returns ConsoleHost, you are running in the Windows PowerShell console.        &nbs...

Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about determining which Windows PowerShell profile to use for which functions. Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Living in central Florida can be a bit warm and humid in late July. Of course, I knew that before we moved here. I told one of my friends recently, when he commented on the he...