FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

Recently, I have been hard at work, creating some really complex PowerShell scripts related to a few projects that I have been working on. One of the big lessons that I have learned through all of ...

In my previous article in this series, I explained that you can make your PowerShell scripts far more flexible and dynamic by leveraging a configuration file as opposed to hard coding all of the ...

PowerShell modules allow you to combine multiple scripts to simplify code management, accessibility, and sharing. Scripts are useful, but they can become unwieldy over time as you create more and more ...

Web scraping tools gather a website's pertinent information for you to peruse or download. Learn how to create your own web scraping tool in PowerShell.

Creating arrays in PowerShell is a common occurrence for any scripter. Arrays are an important data structure in any language and PowerShell is no different. However, not all arrays are the same. In ...

When automating a ton of tasks, creating a visual cue on the activate is helpful in knowing that things are running smoothly. No one likes to wait. We all want stuff done now but, unfortunately, ...

You can wrap an executable file around a PowerShell script (PS1) so that you can distribute the script as an .exe file rather than distributing a “raw” script file. This eliminates the need of ...

While software can sync files and folders for you, it's often limited in scope. Learn how a PowerShell script can help you build a custom solution.

There are various ways to create a new user account in Windows, one of them is by using a PowerShell command. In this post, we will discuss how you can create a local user account using PowerShell in ...