You can use PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks in Windows and other operating systems, like organizing data, searching for files or fetching data from the Internet. You can't actually run ...

For serious work in the Console, few utilities (if any) can match the prowess of Take Command. It’s not cheap, but for command line jockeys, the savings in time and errors are worth the price. Serious ...

Most IT admins use PowerShell for scripting and automation, but it's not just for IT specialists—anyone dealing with messy folders needs these commands. I use them to track down old code, organize ...

When writing PowerShell scripts, in a perfect world, we'd all just use cmdlets and functions. After all, the batch file days are behind us! Unfortunately, that's not always possible or even the best ...

Let Windows rate your hardware.

Windows 8.1 brought a few changes to the handy Win+X menu, including a new Shut Down option and the addition of PowerShell shortcuts. If you're more of a command prompt user, though, you can bring the ...

Microsoft on Thursday announced the "general availability" commercial release of PowerShell Crescendo. PowerShell Crescendo is a new installable module that's used to wrap various "native" utility ...

Windows PowerShell has a built-in History feature that remembers all the commands you executed when using it. While it should remember the History of the active session, I see that it retains more ...