PowerShell Stop-Process – How to Kill Process If Running
The Stop-Process PowerShell cmdlet stops the process if running. You can kill the process if running by using the process name, process ID (PID), or …
PowerShell Tips
Net User – Create Local User using CMD Prompt
Net User command-line tool used to add or modify user accounts, and manage user groups in Windows. I will explain how to create a local …
PowerShell – Get File Creation Date
Very often System administrator has to work with file and folder operations to get file creation date timestamp, and filename to extract all information in …
Useful PowerShell Scripts for Help Desk
PowerShell has a powerful set of commands and is used by system admins, service desk staff, help desk staff, and software developers to automate tasks, …
PowerShell Execute Script With NoProfile Parameter
The NoProfile parameter in PowerShell can be used to prevent the execution of the user’s profile when the PowerShell starts. The profile is a script …
$PSScriptRoot in PowerShell – Get full path of executing script
$PSScriptRoot automatic variable in PowerShell Contains the full path to the script that uses the $PSScriptRoot variable in the script or command. $PSScriptRoot is one …
PowerShell List Files in Directory
In one of my recent tasks, I had to deal with files and folder-based operations on a local system. File or folder-based operation is a …
PowerShell – Count Files in Folder using Get-ChildItem
The Get-ChildItem in the PowerShell cmdlet get items and child items in one or more specified location specified by the Path parameter. To get count …
PowerShell Count Lines in File and Words
In this quick article, I will explain how to count lines in a file and get a number of lines and words in the file …
PowerShell Find Large Size Files
Use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet in PowerShell to get items in one or more specific locations and the file size attributes to find the large size …