Hi, today i was trying to uninstall the the software using PowerShell. i See few blog posts about uninstalling software using PowerShell they re recommending WMI to uninstall software using the .Uninstalled() method. But i think this method is not right because it don’t un-installed the software properly. Sometime uninstalling software using these method… Continue reading Uninstall Software using PowerShell
Hi, today i was trying to remove some junk folders and files in a specific folder. But i don’t want to remove all of file and folder , i want to keep few folders. Then i think that i should use the –Exclude switch with Remove-Item Cmdlet. I tried to use –Exclude switch but somehow… Continue reading How to use –Exclude switch in Remove-Item cmdlet in PowerShell
Hi All I love “RUN” box. We can open run box “Windows Key + R” and type the Excel, Powerpoint, and click on OK and its open these application which are in the System path. But if you try to run “Excel” or “Powerpoint” etc in PowerShell console they wont work. Everyday i open… Continue reading Alias and Powershell profiles
Hi, first of all “Happy New year” to all of you. yesterday one of my colleague asked me to write to write a script which can zip .bak files but the zip files should be in same folder which original .bak exists. Logic behind this is to compress .bak files {normally SQL backups} in… Continue reading 7zip and PowerShell
WMI can retrieve a lot more object instances than you might think. If you submit a parent class, Get-WmiObject returns all instances of all derived classes. That’s why a simple line like the following can get you all hardware-related instances: PS> Get-WmiObject -Class CIM_PhysicalElement | Group-Object -Property __Class Count Name Group… Continue reading Creating System Footprints using PowerShell
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: This is a best-practice message: when you create your own function, here are some things you should consider: – Function name: use cmdlet naming syntax (Verb-Noun), and for verbs, stick to the list of approved verbs. For the noun part, use a meaningful English term, and use singular,… Continue reading Best Practice for PowerShell Functions
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: In a previous tip, we suggested you to use standard parameter names for your own functions. To get a feeling for what the parameter names are that built-in cmdlets use, here is some code that creates a list of them: PS> Get-Command -CommandType Cmdlet | Select-Object -ExpandProperty… Continue reading Finding Standard Parameter Names in PowerShell
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: You might know the more.com tool: when you pipe output to more.com, the output is displayed page by page: PS> Get-EventLog -LogName System | more However, “more” can be dangerous as you see here. You will not get any results for a long time, and your CPU… Continue reading “More” Can Be Dangerous – Use Better Alternative in PowerShell
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: In a previous tip you learned that using “more” to paginate output can be dangerous, and instead you should use Out-Host -Paging. To “update” more.com and make it behave like Out-Host with the -Paging parameter set, use a proxy function like this one: function more { param(… Continue reading Creating a “Better” More in PowerShell
PowerTip of the Day, from PowerShell.com: Removing Shares (Remotely, Too) In a previous tip you learned how you can create ad-hoc shares using WMI. These shares persist until you remove them again. So if you’d like to clean up behind you, here is a one-liner that removes a share locally or remote: PS>… Continue reading Removing Shares (Remotely, Too) using PowerShell
