The system PATH variable in Windows is a critical component that enables the OS to locate and execute programs. However, its configuration can sometimes lead to issues that affect system performance ...

We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...

More of you are getting used to Windows PowerShell and realizing its advantages. With that in mind, this month's column is going to be a long one. This is a lightning overview of Windows PowerShell ...

I'm reading a list of files from text file, and some of the filenames have the " character as part of their name. For instance: $xx = Get-Content -Path $list ForEach ...

IT teams lose countless hours performing repetitive system maintenance tasks, while PowerShell's mighty automation capabilities remain largely untapped. This enterprise-ready tool, already available ...

When you write a PowerShell script, you are creating something that might be executed by someone else on a totally different computer. A potential obstacle is that the person running your script may ...

let's say I have a powershell function that takes a number of string parameters and combine them into a directory path, what's the best way to ensure each individual variable ends with an appropriate ...

Korbin is a Linux system administrator who spends most of his time in a terminal figuring out how things actually work. Over the last decade he's written hundreds of articles about Linux configuration ...