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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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

PowerTip: PowerShell Summit Europe 2014

July 12, 2014 Jul 12, 2014 07/12/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: The Scripting Wife shares information about Windows PowerShell Summit Europe 2014. (image) Do you have any information about the Windows PowerShell Summit Europe 2014? (image) Windows PowerShell Summit 2014 is Sept 29–October 1, 2014 in Amsterdam. One nice thing about this smaller event is that ...

PowerTip: How Long Has My Computer Been Running?

July 11, 2014 Jul 11, 2014 07/11/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn a one-liner Windows PowerShell command to see how long a computer has run. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to find out how long my computer has been running since last boot up without writing a script? (image) Use the Win32_OperatingSystem WMI class and the ...

PowerTip: Count a Range of Seconds with PowerShell

July 10, 2014 Jul 10, 2014 07/10/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to count a range of seconds. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to count a range of seconds of increasing duration? (image) Use the range operator to create a range of numbers, then pipe the results to the ForEach-Object cmdlet inside a script block ...

PowerTip: Find Information About ErrorActionPreference

July 9, 2014 Jul 9, 2014 07/9/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Find information, beyond the basics, for the Windows PowerShell variable ErrorActionPreference. (image) How can I use Windows PowerShell to see information, beyond only the value, for the variable ErrorActionPreference? (image) Use the Get-Variable cmdlet and pipe the results to the Format-List&...

PowerTip: Use PowerShell to Locate the Help File You Need

July 8, 2014 Jul 8, 2014 07/8/14

Doctor Scripto

Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to find the Help file you need. (image) How can I figure out the exact name of the Help file that I am looking for about sessions? (image) Use a wildcard character with Get-Help to narrow down the scope of the Help files: Get-Help about_*session* Name &...

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