Ever wonder how VSCode (Visual Studio Code) maintains those untitled tabs between sessions? They're stored as files underneath your user's profile in appdata on Windows based systems as shown in the following example. 1Get-ChildItem -Path $env:APPDATA\Code\Backups*\untitled -Recurse The previous command could be piped …

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The $PSDefaultParameterValues preference variable, which was introduced in Windows PowerShell version 3.0, provides a mechanism for specifying default values for parameters. I thought I would share what I've added to mine and ask the community to share theirs. 1$PSDefaultParameterValues = @{ 2 …

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PowerShell version 7 is currently in preview and while it can be installed on Windows, Linux, and macOS, the examples shown in this blog article focus on installing it on a Windows based system, specifically Windows 10 using Windows PowerShell version 5 or higher which ships by default with Windows 10. Your mileage may …

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I recently ran into a problem where an exported VM from Windows Server 2016 running Hyper-V wasn't able to be imported on Windows Server 2019 running Hyper-V. When attempting to perform the import, the GUI stated "No virtual machines files found" as shown in the following image. This problem may have been due …

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Ever need to determine what generation all of the virtual machines are on your Hyper-V servers? This is simple using the Get-VM command that installs as part of the Hyper-V module for Windows PowerShell. 1Get-WindowsOptionalFeature -FeatureName hyperpowershell -Online While the previous command will work on both …

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When it comes to security, most people normally approach it at one extreme or the other. Some people do nothing and don't worry about it. All I can say for those folks is good luck with that and I hope your resume is updated. Others go into full blown panic mode, especially those who don't take the time to understand …

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I recently worked with a vendor to remove an old application that was no longer being used from a server in one of my customer's environments. While many applications may be left to die on the server long after they're needed, this particular one transmitted data to a partner company so it definitely needed to be …

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Earlier this month, I presented a session on Finding Performance Bottlenecks with PowerShell at the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2019 in Bellevue, Washington. The session seemed to be well received by the audience based on the feedback that I received from the attendees. The video from this presentation is now …

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Earlier this week, Chris Gardner presented a session on Managing dependencies in PowerShell for the Mississippi PowerShell User Group. I mentioned that I had written a function to retrieve PowerShell module dependencies that's part of my ModuleBuildTools module. Get-MrAST is one of the primary functions that numerous …

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A few weeks ago I was trying to figure out how to sort something in PowerShell with one property sorted descending and another one ascending. How to accomplish this was hiding in plain sight in the help examples for Sort-Object, but I thought I would documented it here for future reference. Use the Property parameter …

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