by Michael Simmons | Jul 23, 2010 | Windows PowerShell (Legacy)
Here’s a great piece of profile customization: Make your PowerShell session have a dark red background each time it starts a session running as an administrator. To do this, I look the built in $host variable, which has several properties in it, such as the...
by Michael Simmons | Jul 23, 2010 | PowerShell Basics
Excellent profile customization. I use this one myself, and honestly it’s my favorite one. Keeps my head in the right place. This PowerShell profile customization is simple and sweet: Go grab a webpage source; parse the lines to get to the juice;...
by Michael Simmons | Jul 22, 2010 | Windows PowerShell (Legacy)
From the I Love PowerShell archive Originally published in 2010. This article has not been revalidated for modern PowerShell. It remains available as a historical reference, but commands and external links may be outdated. — If you want a fast way to get...
by Michael Simmons | Jul 22, 2010 | Windows PowerShell (Legacy)
Alright, so you’ve built up your skills, developed your script, got all the kinks worked out and now it’s time to set the sucker up to do your work for you. I know, I’ve been there myself. This tutorial shows you how to setup a scheduled task to run your PowerShell...
by Michael Simmons | Jul 21, 2010 | Windows PowerShell (Legacy)
If you need to automate a task to create a file once a day, this PowerShell tutorial will help. This problem is handled in 2 parts: Doing the task you want to do; and saving the output. First things first: We need something to do Since this post is really about...
