PowerShell scripts are great because they can be used to do almost anything. One of the limitations to PowerShell scripts, however, is that it isn't always practical to give a script to someone who ...

In PowerShell, an alias is a handy shortcut or command alternative. For example, instead of typing Get-ChildItem, you can type ls or dir. Aliases can act as a transition from other shells to ...

Before we start, let’s clear out one detail. PWSH.EXE is the new name for PowerShell. Since version 6 it is called PowerShell Core. It was earlier named as powershell.exe which you must have seen ...

Microsoft is continuing to clear out old code from Windows, making PowerShell the default command line shell in its latest Windows 10 release. PowerShell will start up via the file explorer in the ...

Every now and then, most especially, a system administrator will need to restart a server or system. Usually, you can Remote Shut down or Restart Windows through the graphical user interface – ...

A single pipeline replaced fourteen lines and I never looked back.

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 ...

DISM is the Swiss Army Knife of Windows 10 maintenance and with the Windows 10 Creators Update it gained a helpful collection of PowerShell scripts. Here's how to put them to use. With the release of ...