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Modify the PowerShell Console Title and Display a Rabbit

Summary: Modify the Windows PowerShell console title and display a rabbit at random locations. The Microsoft Scripting Guys have fun. Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I love Microsoft Outlook 2010. United States FTC disclaimer: The Microsoft Scripting Guys work for the Microsoft Corporation. I have been provided with a cooperate laptop...

Create a Transcript of Commands from the Windows PowerShell ISE

Summary: Create a transcript of commands from the Windows PowerShell ISE in this Microsoft Scripting Guys how-to article.   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. One of the things I enjoy about using the Windows PowerShell console is the transcript feature. When I am playing around on the Windows PowerShell console, experimenting, ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Weekend Scripter: Using Windows PowerShell 2.0 to Display Color-Coded Output in a Table

  (image)   Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Summer has finally hit Charlotte, North Carolina, in full force. It is 87 degrees outside, and the humidity is 78 percent. This makes for a very hot and sticky day. I do not enjoy being hot and sticky, and therefore decided it was the perfect time to spend some time inside writing...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Both Save Information in a File and Display It on the Screen?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! You know the old commercial that goes, "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't"? Well, sometimes I want to save information from a script to a file, and sometimes I want to see it displayed to the screen. And at other times, I want both. In other words, I want my candy bar, and I want to eat it, too...