This simple script tamed my Downloads folder.

Most of the personal use PowerShell scripts that I have written over the years might best be described as utilitarian. In other words, those scripts do exactly what I need for them to do -- nothing ...

Microsoft Windows PowerShell has been a long time coming. Windows has never enjoyed the powerful shell scripting environments that its Unix rivals have long included. That’s changed now with the ...

Semantic versioning gives PowerShell script changes clear meaning so you can evolve scripts quickly without letting updates devolve into chaos.

From checking systems to see if security patches are installed to monitoring Windows Server Backup attempts, PowerShell scripts can make tedious IT administrative tasks quick and easy. I’ve written a ...

As you get more experienced writing PowerShell script there comes a time when you're not only concerned about functionality but best practices and performance as well. Since PowerShell is so flexible, ...

PowerShell can be an information technology (IT) admin’s best friend if they know how to use it properly. Created by Microsoft over a decade ago, this object-oriented automation engine allows IT ...

Typically, on a Windows-based PC, you can check an item or a folder’s size by just right-clicking the item or folder and then selecting Properties from the context menu. In this post, we will show you ...

The Windows Task Scheduler is a boon for a group of users who like to schedule different tasks and automate them. I use it all the time to schedule periodic execution of scripts and some programs to ...