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PowerShell Tough Love

Posted on May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

The other day I was helping Gladys Kravitz on her transition to VS Code. Like many of you, she has been using the PowerShell ISE for years and has a deeply ingrained workflow. I’ll be the first to admit that making the transition to VS Code is not easy. I remember when I made the…

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Unlocking PowerShell Secrets

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

So I’ve been kicking the tires and trying to do more with the Secrets Management modules from Microsoft, now that they are out of pre-release status. You can install the Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretStore and Microsoft.PowerShell.SecretManagement modules, you’ll need both, from the PowerShell Gallery. You can find extension modules that build on the Microsoft modules for working with…

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Measuring PowerShell Profile Performance

Posted on November 25, 2020November 25, 2020

Today’s topic is one of those things that I don’t know why I’ve never addressed before. Well, I have for myself in a manual process. Hopefully you’ll find it useful. As you probably know, PowerShell uses a set of profile scripts. These scripts have hard-coded paths and PowerShell runs them in order from broadest to…

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Open Windows Terminal PowerShell Split Paned

Posted on May 14, 2020

The other night I presented for the Mississippi PowerShell User Group on how to get started using Windows Terminal. This has been my go-to PowerShell console for quite a while. I use Windows Terminal for everything. During the talk a question came up about starting a session with split panes. This is a very cool…

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PowerShell Remoting Profiles with Windows Terminal

Posted on February 10, 2020February 13, 2020

I have jumped in the deep end and fully committed to Windows Terminal as my default PowerShell environment. I love having one interface with tabs for different terminal profiles. Windows Terminal makes it easy for me to have tabs open to PowerShell 7, Windows PowerShell, an Ubuntu instance or even a PowerShell session with no…

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Adding a PowerShell Profile Calendar

Posted on February 1, 2020February 1, 2020

Some of you may be aware of my PSCalendar module which you can install from the PowerShell Gallery. The module contains commands that you can use to display a console-based calendar.  The calendar commands let you specify days to highlight. These might be days with special events or appointments. I typically use the Show-Calendar command…

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Friday Fun: Getting Ahead with Windows Terminal

Posted on November 29, 2019November 27, 2019

I’ve been using the new Windows Terminal from Microsoft for quite while. In fact, it has become my standard command line interface for PowerShell and more. I’m not sure at what point some of these features were added, but I can now set a background image and specify where to display it in the terminal….

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Configuring the VSCode PowerShell Terminal

Posted on June 9, 2016June 10, 2016

Yesterday I posted my experiences in setting up the latest build of VSCode on how to use a PowerShell terminal session. As I explained, in this particular session I didn’t want to run any profile scripts. My reasoning was that this session obviously wasn’t the ISE nor was I likely to use the session like…

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Managing PowerShell Functions

Posted on February 24, 2016

Most of you probably know I’ve been using PowerShell since its beta days which now means I have about 10 years worth of PowerShell files. I find it hard to throw anything away. Over this time frame my PowerShell profile scripts have also grown, often loading functions that I’ve come up with. The effect has …

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Friday Fun: Create All PowerShell Profile Scripts

Posted on March 28, 2014April 9, 2014

Whenever I train on PowerShell I inevitably get around to discussing PowerShell profile scripts. For those of you new to PowerShell, a profile script is where you put all the commands you want to run that will define your PowerShell session just the way you need it. You might load some snapins, create some PSDrives…

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PowerShell Version Profiles

Posted on May 15, 2013

One of the best things about PowerShell 3.0, for me anyway, is the ability to run PowerShell 2.0 side by side. I often need to test commands and scripts in both versions not only for my writing projects but also when helping people out. Like many of you I have a PowerShell profile script that…

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PowerShell Version Profile Tips

Posted on September 12, 2012

Now that PowerShell v3 is finally and officially with us, I’m trusting that many of you are embracing it. I’ve made the jump, although I have had to make some minor adjustments. If you are going to live entirely in a PowerShell v3 world, fantastic! Go forth and spread the news. But perhaps you are…

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Fun with PSDrive Locations

Posted on July 10, 2012

A PowerShell PSDrive is a mapping between a PowerShell provider and a resource. The majority of our work is done in a file system PSDrive that corresponds to a file system drive. Let me show you a little trick that might come in handy with a PSDrive. My “trick” should apply to just about any…

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Module Mania

Posted on August 12, 2010

More and more, you’re seeing members of the Windows PowerShell community package their contributions into modules, myself included. Although you’ll probably still see a lot of individual functions because it is often easier to demonstrate or educate. I received a comment on my Weather module that I thought merited a complete post, since I expect…

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Cool Custom Consoles

Posted on March 31, 2010July 2, 2013

Ok, maybe this isn’t as slick as something from West Coast Customs but maybe you’d like to add a little style to your PowerShell session. I’m talking about the (by now) staid blue console. Perhaps you don’t like blue or the color contrast isn’t too your liking. Here are some things to try if you…

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