Category: PowerShell

Recently was asked to run a series of batch files. Below is a PowerShell script that will run five batch files, create a log file for each execution, and verify the folder location before running the batch files. # Define the folder location and batch files $folderPath = “C:\Path\To\Your\BatchFiles” $batchFiles = @(“batch1.bat”, “batch2.bat”, “batch3.bat”, “batch4.bat”,…
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Here’s a PowerShell script that defines a function to download a file, unblock it, install it, and return the installed version. The function accepts multiple parameters for flexibility. function Install-Software { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$DownloadUrl, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$DestinationPath, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$InstallerArguments, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$VersionCommand ) try { # Step 1:…
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Looking to see what the current BIOS version is by running the following PowerShell script. This provides Manufacturer, version and the release date       $bios = Get-CimInstance -ClassName CIM_BIOSElement $bios | Select-Object Manufacturer, Version, ReleaseDate    

Below is a PowerShell function that sets a registry value for all users on a Windows machine. This function will iterate through all user profiles and set the specified registry value. function Set-RegistryValueForAllUsers { param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$RegistryPath, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$ValueName, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$ValueData, [Parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind]$ValueType = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueKind]::String )…
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Here is a PowerShell script that sets a registry value for all users on a Windows machine. This script modifies the registry under the HKEY_USERS hive, which contains subkeys for each user profile. # Define the registry path and value $registryPath = “Software\YourApp\Settings” $valueName = “YourSetting” $valueData = “YourValue” # Get all user SIDs $userSIDs…
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## Stop process before Service # Define the process name and service name $processName = “YourProcessName” $serviceName = “YourServiceName” # Stop the process $process = Get-Process -Name $processName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue if ($process) { Stop-Process -Name $processName -Force Write-Output “Process ‘$processName’ has been stopped.” } else { Write-Output “Process ‘$processName’ is not running.” } # Stop…
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I am working on updating a process for installing software…I like the audio process for letting me know where in the code I am at in the process. Rough draft see if I can figure a way to streamline this process. #################################################################### ## Write-Host “`n” Write-Host ” ————————————————- ” -ForegroundColor Cyan Write-Host ” | |…
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If you are running a virtual machine (VM) on Hyper-V, sometimes you want to know on which Hyper-V host this VM is running.  I work on a lot of VM’s and this is cool part of knowing where to look, especially when troubleshooting. If you don’t have access to the Hyper-V host, you need to…
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I was trying to learn how to create a VM in Windows 2019 Hypervisor with PowerShell. Microsoft Resource  was a big help. Some of things that I started to learn was how to setup VM Switches, enable VLAN, create and configure a VM that would show up in Hyper-V and the settings needed to run.…
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API Wrapper links from online sources. A module for simple integration with Atlassian HipChat via the HipChat API. This PowerShell module contains commands to manage GitHub through its REST API. Powershell cmdlets that expose the GitHub API. PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with GitHub Gist. A PowerShell module to work with GitHub Gists. A PowerShell Module…
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