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By default, PowerShell uses simple “object arrays” when you define lists, when commands return more than one result, or when you otherwise need to...

Managing Network Shares with the SMBShare Module Windows comes with a module called “SMBShare” which contains 42 cmdlets to manage network shares....

Out-GridView can be a universal dialog when you use the -OutputMode or -PassThru parameters. When you do, a grid view window displays additional...

Occasionally, date and time information are stored as “Ticks” in the format of a so-called “FileTime”. Ticks are 100-nanosecond units since...

With Install-Module, you can easily download and install additional PowerShell modules from the PowerShell Gallery (www.powershellgallery.com)....

Occasionally, PowerShell scripts need to access or use the built-in Administrator account or the built-in Administrators group. Unfortunately, their...

Reading some registry values with PowerShell is typically a snap: simply use Get-ItemProperty. This snippet of code reads the Windows operating...

Why Short Path Names Still Matter Many years ago, file and folder names had a maximum of 8 characters, and these short path names still exist. They...

In Windows PowerShell, updating help used to require Administrator privileges due to a design flaw: help had to be stored in the location where the...

PowerShell remoting maintains a list of trusted IP addresses and/or machine names on the client side (the machine that issues the command and...

The PowerShell ISE built into Windows works with Windows PowerShell only and is stuck at PowerShell version 5.1. Typically, when you want to use an...

In the previous tip you learned how you can query WMI to find out the antivirus product present on your Windows machine: $info = Get-CimInstance...