If you've been using PowerShell since the days of V1 and V2 (and even V3), you are very familiar with the console and its lack of console editing features and maneuverability. All of that changes with ...

Windows PowerShell uses a special script, often referred to as a profile, to configure your PowerShell session. If you have particular custom functions, aliases or variables that you always use, put ...

I'm kind of a newb at this, so please be gentle if my code isn't optimal. I worked at this script most of the day yesterday, expanding functionality and thinking of instances that could mess it up. By ...

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...

Sometimes it’s easiest to learn something new simply by using it, and to my mind PowerShell is no exception. Often we discover new capabilities and features in looking at what tasks other people are ...

A PowerShell script using WBAdmin can create full system backups of Windows 11, offering a simple, scriptable alternative for advanced users. Over the last couple of years, I have written a few blog ...

I can already hear the groans. But yes, I use AI and I use AI to help me try and learn about things I don't know about. This harks back to the early days of Copilot, the artist formerly known as Bing ...

PowerShell offers extensive commands for managing apps on Windows, such as Get-AppxPackage, which can get a list of app packages that are installed in a user profile or for all users. However, you ...

You can use the GetBIOS PowerShell module to retrieve settings from various BIOS manufacturers on either a local or remote computer. This post will show you how to access computer BIOS settings using ...