To avoid errors, it's important to write PowerShell scripts that prevent code from running on an unintended platform. Luckily, this is easier to do than it sounds. Up until a few years ago, PowerShell ...

Whether you are a technology enthusiast or a professional looking to enhance your scripting skills, we have designed this Windows PowerShell scripting tutorial for beginners, especially for you. So, ...

PowerShell is not just an application, it is a scripting language built on .Net CLR that automates IT tasks. It has backward compatibility with CMD and can automate simple or complex tasks. Because of ...

One of the most difficult things about PowerShell scripting is finding and fixing any bugs that exist within the script. This process isn't usually a big deal for short PowerShell scripts, but it can ...

To create a script with Visual Basic Code on Windows 11 (or 10), use these steps: Click the File menu and select the "New Text File" option. Click the File menu and select the Save As option. In the ...

When writing PowerShell scripts, in a perfect world, we'd all just use cmdlets and functions. After all, the batch file days are behind us! Unfortunately, that's not always possible or even the best ...

I have a terrible memory, which is why I think Windows Task Scheduler doesn’t get enough recognition for remembering to run tasks for me. Since it can call on all sorts of programs – including the ...

FFmpeg was designed as a cross-platform solution for video and audio recording, conversion, and streaming. Its About page describes the command-line tool as “the leading multimedia framework, able to ...

You had to see this one coming. After all, I wrote a book about it. However, I’m still amazed at the number of people that don’t know what PowerShell is. So, here is my pitch, hopefully people take ...

There are a few ways that PowerShell can provide some sort of notification method to alert you when something happens such as a script completing or an issue is detected during a query. The most ...