Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to launch an item from the Control Panel. How can I use Windows PowerShell to launch the Mail item on the Control Panel in Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012? Use the Get-ControlPanelItem with a wildcard character to retrieve the item, then pipe the results to the Show-...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to configure Windows PowerShell to return more than one instance of a command. Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem. I recently upgraded to Windows 8, and now it seems that the Get-Command cmdlet does not work properly. In the past, I have used Get-Command as a replacement for Where....
Summary: See a list of items found in Control Panel. How can I use Windows PowerShell to see a list of items found in Control Panel. Use the Get-ControlPanelItem cmdlet: Get-ControlPanelItem ...
Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, talks about how to configure Windows PowerShell memory availability for specialized applications. Hey, Scripting Guy! I really need your help. We are doing something that perhaps Windows PowerShell cannot do. At least, this is the way it seems. We have a huge file share, and we are parsing through ...
Summary: Reload your Windows PowerShell profile without closing and reopening Windows PowerShell. How can I reload my Windows PowerShell profile to test some changes I made—without closing and reopening Windows PowerShell? Use the invocation operator with the automatic $profile variable: & $profile Note ...
