Category Archives: PowerShell

Friday Fun: 13 More Scriptblocks

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

In celebration of Friday the 13th I thought I would offer up a menu of 13 more script blocks. If you missed the first course, you can find the original 13 scrptblocks here. I’m not going to spend a lot … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Scripting with [ValidateScript]

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

The last few days we’ve been looking at parameter validation attributes you might use in a script of function. Yesterday I wrote about [ValidateRange] and demonstrated how you might use it. That attribute works fine for any values that can … Continue reading →

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PowerShell Scripting with [ValidateRange]

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

After my post yesterday on using the ValidateScript attribute with PSCredentials, I thought you might find it helpful to have a brief discussion on some other parameter validation attributes such as [ValidateRange()]. You can use this attribute if you want … Continue reading →

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Scripting with PSCredential

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

I see this question often: how can I pass a parameter value for a PSCredential that might be a credential object or it might be a user name? In the past I’ve used code like this: begin {     … Continue reading →

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Friday Fun: Get Next Available Drive Letter

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Jeffery Hicks

A few days ago I saw on question, I think on Facebook, about using PowerShell to find the next available drive letter that could be used for mapping a network drive. Before I show you my approach, let me state … Continue reading →

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