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PowerShell v3 ISE suddenly won't start

It has been running on Windows 7 x64 for months now. And I can still start the console version, but not the ISE or ISE (x86). Event Log says:Application: PowerShell_ISE.exe Framework Version:...

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Removing entries from the administrators group on a remote computer with...

The client I'm working for recently split the business into two entities, and split the servers between them.  To maintain continuity with access, they created synchronized group objects on the...

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how to protect a called program from powershell

hi all,i'm calling 4 processes which are all exe files and they keep on crashing frequently but if running it by clicking manually on the dekstop shortcut, it doesn't but this is manual inteference not...

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Group Policy for Set execution policy Bypass?

Hello,i am looking for a GPO-solution to set the execution policy to bypass.What can be done to achieve this?Thx

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Export WSB-logs using PowerShell

Hello,i am trying to find a solution to export the Windows Server 2008r2/2012 Windows-Server-Backup logs WITH content of the message to a .txtI have found this :Get-WinEvent -logname...

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Doc and Setting folder total

Good Afternoon I have this script$location ="\\$server\C$\Documents and settings\" $servers = get-content C:\scripts\servers.txt foreach($server in $servers){ $users = gci $location} $colItems =...

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How to use Set-Acl to a file with square brackets ([])?

I am running a block of scripts to change the ownership of files and folders to the user. The script works great but it fails to do so with any files containing a square brackets. The codes are as...

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"Disk Cleanup" like PowerShell script?

I'd like to use a PowerShell script that does the sorts of disk cleanup as the GUI "Disk Cleanup". How can I script that?

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odd thing occuring with variables and write-host

In the following code, I assign a write-host statement to a variable. I should then be able to call the variable and then execute the write-host statement. Simple enough you say, right? Not so fast my...

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Interoperability of PowerShell

Hello I am distributing an installer and it will open and run a PowerShell script. The installer will be used by people who have Windows XP and up. Am I guaranteed that this script will run/execute on...

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profile in power shell

when I created a profile (a profile.ps1 in the C:\Users\nashua\Documents\windowspowershell) and every time I start the power shell the profile is excuted but when I issue the command Test-Path...

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[Switch] parameter on script level

I can find how [Switch] parameters are defined and used in a function, but couldn’t find how to do it on the script level. E.g. how would Recurse be handled in “dir -Recurse” if dir were written in...

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PowerShell Assign Permissions on Folders

I’m writing a big account creation process using PowerShell which includes:Creating AD UserAssigning Different GroupsCreating Multiple Folder in different FileServersAssigning special permission for...

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PowerShell Out-String formatting

Hello,Question:I wrote that little script to remind me every month of Group policies I can delete.Everything is workin, the only thing is I would like to have the Output (table) formatted in the mail....

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not checking each server

clear-host $VerbosePreference = "continue" $bansifile= "desktop/result.html" $global:servers = "BAL-DC-01" , "BAL-NODE-01" , "BAL-NODE-02" IF (Test-Path $bansifile) { Remove-Item $bansifile } $tno =...

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if and Send-MailMessage not work

Hi everybody,   I want get the name list that no OCS account from smtp, but not work, code as below, when run it, it show this, not comtinue...>>  Please help enable OCS account for below...

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Create Team Foundation WorkItem with PowerShell

Hello,I want to create a work item from type task when a build quality is changed to a special value.How can I do something with powershell? I hope somebody can help me and bring me on the right way to...

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Cannot pass vairables to Invoke-SqlCmd

Hey Guys,I've about 180 MDF (and LDF files) in a folder and I'm trying to automate the creation of SQL databases from these files.I've tried to use the Invoke-SqlCmd, but it doesn't seem to interpret...

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Mapping, strange issue with the Windows Server

This thread comes from here. I just tried to split it up because the actual question there has already been answered.Whatever, forget New-PSDrive cmdlet. I tried it out with mapping. Here's my new...

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list sessions on the remote end

Hello,after lunching the command new-psssession on a client computer what exactly happens on the remote end ?is a new powershell process lunched that will whait for commands ? (i didn't see any); is...

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