Tag Archives: FileSystem

Objects are the answer

Posted on July 1, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

As I usually do, I was helping out in the forums at ScriptingAnswers.com. A member had several variables that he wanted to show as a group. As is almost always the case, the answer in PowerShell is object. I talk … Continue reading →

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New File Shortcut

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Jeffery Hicks

I’ve been looking at the File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) feature in Windows Server 2008 R2 a lot lately. One very nice part of FSRM is the ability to schedule typical file management tasks. One of the examples from the … Continue reading →

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Get Disk Quota

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Jeffery Hicks

During a recent class I was teaching, a student asked about a way to get disk quota reports from Windows file servers.  I knew there was a WMI class, Win32_DiskQuota, and had some old VBScript files. However, they were pretty … Continue reading →

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All Hail Dir UseALot!

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Jeffery Hicks

Some of you know my relationship with the a command prompt goes back a long, long way. Naturally I became very adept at using the DIR command, fully taking advantage of its switches to tease out hidden information or to … Continue reading →

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Is That Folder Empty?

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Jeffery Hicks

In keeping with my recent trend of offering solutions based on PowerShell v2.0, here’s a function I’ve revised to test if a folder is empty. I can’t recall where I used the original function or if I ever did. But … Continue reading →

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