If you get the Access to the path is denied error output when you run the PowerShell Export-CSV cmdlet on a Windows client or server machine, then the easy fixes we ...

This simple script tamed my Downloads folder.

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 ...

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 ...

A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

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 ...

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 ...

You can buy dedicated synchronization tools, but they don’t always offer the level of flexibility some teams need. A well-built PowerShell script lets you create a setup that fits your exact ...

Get-ChildItem : The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be less than 248 characters. I still ...