Powershell Tutorials


In this category you will find various Powershell tutorials and tricks. Mostly tips for beginners who are new to Powershell.


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  Posted: Dec 21 - by oliversk

If your download folder is filled with files, you can automatically move files older than X days.

Move files and folders older than x days
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  Posted: Aug 22 - by oliversk

Yes, you can easily schedule .bat scripts, but how about scheduling a PowerShell script to run via the Windows task scheduler? Let’s do that quickly.

schedule powershell script

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  Posted: Aug 22 - by oliversk

Do you get the message “access to the registry key is denied” when you are trying to change some policies in Powershell? Here’s what you have to do.

Access to the registry key is denied Powershell

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  Posted: Aug 22 - by oliversk

Do you get the message “powershell script cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled on this system” when you try to run a PowerShell script? Use this command to enable scripts on your Windows 7 PC.

Powershell script cannot be loaded because the execution of scripts is disabled
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  Posted: Aug 12 - by oliversk

I often mess around with shell scripts. Originally, I used Linux for that – that is until I discovered the Windows 7 equivalent “PowerShell”. Now, I wanted to send some commands to a COM Serial port to my programmable Omnima LCD display.

Connecting to COM PORT
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  Posted: Jul 27 - by oliversk

Windows 7 includes a shell for this type of job, called PowerShell. You can use it to save a list of running processes into a text file

How to save list of running processes

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  Posted: Jul 24 - by Uttam

In this tutorial, we are covering both PowerShell basics and batch basics. First let’s deal with PowerShell scripting. To write scripts in Windows 7, follow the steps provided in this tutorial.

preview-how-to-write-scripts-in-windows-7

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  Posted: Dec 02 - by oliversk

When you start to become familiar with Linux, you tend to look for similar functions on Windows 7. Heck, the last time I opened up a command shell the first thing was that I entered PS AUX. Obviously, that did not work ;) Here’s how you can use some Linux functions on Windows 7.

Windows 7 PowerShell

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