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Backups, Downloads cleanup, and bulk file renaming — three Windows automation tasks I kept avoiding because the scripting ...

Why: "PowerShell made the monumental move to open source and support for cross-platform management and automation of macOS and Linux. " Find out more about TechMentor @ Microsoft HQ, taking place Aug.

Using built-in cmdlets that come with PowerShell, we can easily read and replace any kind of content inside of a text file. Whether the string to find inside of the text file is just a single word or ...

Windows PowerShell is a command-line and scripting tool in Windows operating systems. It is developed by Microsoft and users can use it for running batch commands, script automation, etc. To launch ...

PowerShell Plus is a very useful tool for anyone using PowerShell and not already strongly invested in a development environment. Now that it’s free, it’s even more appealing. PowerShell Plus is an ...

You can buy dedicated synchronization tools, but they don’t always offer the level of flexibility some teams need. A well-built PowerShell script lets you create a setup that fits your exact ...

Learning about the PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command is a good introduction to the time-savings that Powershell scripting can bring to server admins. The PowerShell Get-WindowsFeature command—or, ...

As a Windows 11 user, there might be times when you want to execute a Command Prompt action directly in a specific folder, like initiating a copy process. For more advanced stuff, you might want to ...

In the last paragraph of my column "How To Debug a PowerShell Script," I mentioned that punctuation can be problematic in PowerShell strings. I often catch myself omitting apostrophes, for example, ...