A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

Windows PowerShell is a powerful terminal from Microsoft which allows you to automate and script tasks on Windows machines and interact with many of the applications available on them. It is a huge ...

You can use PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks in Windows and other operating systems, like organizing data, searching for files or fetching data from the Internet. You can't actually run ...

Scripts, like programs and software, can be set so that they run during startup. Scripts may be executable commands, batch files or Visual Basic scripts that your business has developed and customized ...

Do you have some apps that you want to keep running all the time? If so, and if you're not afraid of the Terminal or the command line, I have a script for you. When I come home at the end of the day, ...

Over the last few years, I have created a vast library of PowerShell scripts that I use to keep my servers healthy. These scripts do everything from monitoring disk health to helping me to reclaim ...

To change the execution policy to run PowerShell scripts on Windows 11 (or 10), use these steps: Open Start. Search for PowerShell, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator ...

In 2006, Windows Script Host (WSH) and the Command Prompt shell got a new sibling when Microsoft released a completely new environment called Windows PowerShell. PowerShell has some similarities to ...

Instead of twiddling your thumbs as you wait for a long-running script to complete, you can have PowerShell play a sound to alert you when it's done. I have always thought of PowerShell as being ...