Are all of the default PowerShell cmdlets exactly the way you like them to be? Do they have all of the parameters you think should be standard and have no extras? Probably not. We all have our quirks ...

For a long time, we have been zipping files and folders using various approaches in PowerShell that range from the 7zip libraries to using System.IO.Compression.FileSystem or the PowerShell Community ...

When you first start writing scripts, modularity, reusability, and best practices may not be top of mind. As your scripts become more complex, however, creating reusable elements becomes essential. By ...

If you work in IT, chances are PowerShell is already part of your daily routine. You might use it to check a service, pull system information, or automate a task that would otherwise take several ...

Several of my articles here have made use of paths that are just not available in PowerShell as a cmdlet. While PowerShell is indeed powerful in itself, there are just some things that you cannot do ...

First things first, modules in PowerShell v2.0 rule! Next to remoting, this is my second most favorite feature in the v2.0 lineup. And, with the CTP3 release, modules are even better, faster, stronger ...

Have you ever been given an application and instructed to run it on various computers and systems, only to realize that it wasn’t built for multiple hosts? After all, some apps are designed to be ...

In a recent post, I showed you how to use PowerShell to perform mathematical calculations that exceeded PowerShell's native capabilities. The method that I used involved tapping into a .NET class ...

Windows PowerShell is powerful and can do almost everything that a person wants on his computer. However, it is a command-line tool and does not have a GUI. However, it can be helpful when the ...