The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

Weekend Scripter: Remove a Long Path File

December 27, 2015 Dec 27, 2015 12/27/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to remove a file with a long path. Honorary Scripting Guy and Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, the Scripting Guy. This is a continuation of this weekend series on working with PowerShell and PInvoke to do things that you normally couldn’t do natively. ...

Weekend Scripter: Manage Window Placement by Using PInvoke

December 26, 2015 Dec 26, 2015 12/26/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows us how to manage window placement in Windows PowerShell. Honorary Scripting Guy and Cloud and Datacenter Management MVP, Boe Prox, here today filling in for my good friend, the Scripting Guy. Today I start a little weekend fun by using a technique known as platform invoke, or PInvoke for short. What is PInvoke, you ask...

Use PoshUSNJournal Module to Work with Change Journal

August 12, 2015 Aug 12, 2015 08/12/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows how to use the PoshUSNJournal module to work with the USN change journal. Honorary Scripting Guy and Windows PowerShell MVP, Boe Prox, here today, filling in for my good friend, the Scripting Guy. I'm finishing up my three-day stint on the Hey, Scripting Guy! Blog. Be sure to catch up by reading: Today, I will ...

View Entries in USN Change Journal

August 11, 2015 Aug 11, 2015 08/11/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Boe Prox shows us how to view the entries in the USN change journal. Honorary Scripting Guy and Windows PowerShell MVP, Boe Prox, here today, filling in for my good friend, the Scripting Guy. Today I'm continuing on from yesterday’s post, Connect to USN Change Journal. In today’s post, I'll look at the actual ...

Connect to USN Change Journal

August 10, 2015 Aug 10, 2015 08/10/15

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Honorary Scripting Guy, Boe Prox, shows us how to connect to the USN change journal by using Windows PowerShell. Honorary Scripting Guy and Windows PowerShell MVP, Boe Prox, here today, filling in for my good friend, the Scripting Guy. Over the course of the next few days, I am going to be talking about a topic that many of you might ...

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