Windows PowerShell Jobs and AsJob In the context of PowerShell, a ‘Job’ is simply a package containing the results of running one or more cmdlets. This article shows you two techniques for creating the PowerShell Job, then explains how you can extract the information stored in the job. Topics for PowerShell …
Introduction to Scripting COM Objects with PowerShell ComObject, or plain COM, increases the range of PowerShell activities. One way of looking at COM objects is as a mechanism for PowerShell to launch programs, for example, mimicking the RUN command. Another way of looking at ComObjects is performing the role previously …
Windows PowerShell Get-AdComputer -filter If you are new to PowerShell’s active directory family of cmdlets, then before you try AdComputer I recommend you start by mastering the basics of Get-AdUser. Topics PowerShell Get-Computer -filter Preparation: Checklist for Get-AdComputer Example 1: Get-AdComputer -filter Example 2: Get-AdComputer {Complex filter with brackets} Example …
PowerShell, Disks and Perfmon I will guide you through integrating pure PowerShell cmdlets with WMI classes that specialise in performance measurements. Topics for PowerShell and Perfmon Our Mission Example 1: Research WMI’s Classes for PerfDisk Counters Example 2: Win32_PerfRawData_PerfDisk_LogicalDisk Example 3: Preliminary Script to Get to Know PerfDisk ♣ Our …
PowerShell – Exchange 2007 Nouns The best thing you can do to script Exchange 2007 with PowerShell is to get the QAD snap-In. Meanwhile, here is a list of the main nouns for manipulating Exchange 2007 via Microsoft’s PowerShell command shell. To investigate try Get-Help m* where ‘m’ is the …
PowerShell Tee-Object Cmdlet The point of Tee-Object is that it can do two thing at once, for example, it could save the output to a file, while redirecting the output to the console. Think of 'T' as in T-junction, and you will appreciate what this cmdlet can do when you …
How to Delete Items in the Recycle Bin This page is dedicated to creating a PowerShell script to delete old files in the Recycle Bin. I have created 3 variants of this function; my reasoning was to provide relatively harmless examples before you settle on a script which actually cleans-out …
Windows PowerShell Remove-Item (Del) Warning: I have been unusually cautious on this page, because if a delete script goes wrong and forces a delete of the wrong files it could be disastrous. Hundreds of people will succeed no trouble, but I do worry about that one person who gets the …
How to Delete Temporary Windows Files with PowerShell These scripts are designed to delete temporary files under the windir folder. I have other scripts to delete the internet temporary files. The teaching highlights are Remove-Item’s use of the -Recurse and -Force parameters. Topics – Delete Windows Temporary Files Using PowerShell …
Windows PowerShell Stop-Service Cmdlet This page will show you how to stop a Windows service. If you prefer we can easily modify the script to Restart the service. If you need a grounding in the PowerShell syntax associated with this ‘Service’ family of commands, I recommend that you begin with …