I have several configuration files on Windows Server 2008 nested like such: C:\Projects\Project_1\project1.config C:\Projects\Project_2\project2.config In my configuration I need to do a string replace like such: <add key="Environment" value="Dev"/> will become: <add key="Environment" value="Demo"/> I thought about using batch ...
I have a statement "New-Object -com Indesign.Application.Cs5 | Get-Member" It works as expected for the top level. How would one recurse the entire object tree and output results in a readable/spreadsheet format (if possible). ...
My current PowerShell script: $document = "C:\\test.doc" $word = new-object -comobject word.application $word.Visible = $false $word.DisplayAlerts = "wdAlertsNone" $word.AutomationSecurity = "msoAutomationSecurityForceDisable" $doc = $word.Documents.Open($document) $word.ActivePrinter = "\\http://ptr-server:631\pdf-printer" $background ...
Anyone know how to use Get-Member to Recursively dump to a text file The entire properties|methods tree of a COM object? (The Output formatting of Get-Object is fine) Instead of giving me only the top level as in this example; New-Object -com AutoItX3.Control | Get-Member I need it to recurse the entire object to return results. If Th...
Hi everyone, I'm attempting to invoke Windows Powershell cmdlets via Visual Studio .NET. However, I'm getting the exception shown below when I try to call a function.The Microsoft.PowerShell.ConsoleHost.dll wasn't initially in that path so I copied it over from another location. Is this the right way of installing a snap-in? It still sp...
Is it possible to implement parameter value tab expansion for enum parameter types? Creating a binary cmdlet with parameter definition: [Parameter] public SomeEnum Type {get;set;} Is there some way to type: Add-MyThing -Type S<tab> To get: Add-MyThing -Type SomeEnumValue Where: public enum SomeEnum { SomeEnumValue, S...
Is there a way in Powershell to query the object Property Page Details to verify if the Copyright, Product name and File version are not empty. I want to be able to query this info when I'm looking for viruses ...
Is there any built in functionality to determine if an assembly is being called from a particular assembly? I have assembly A which references assembly B. Assembly A exposes PowerShell cmdlets and outputs types that are found within B. Certain methods and properties with in types of exposed by B are of interest to types in assembly A b...
I'd like to do this using the win32_product wmi class. I need the script to simply count the number of products installed and also output the time taken to execute the script. What I have atm doesn't seem to work correctly: $count = 0 $products = get-wmiobject -class "Win32_Product" foreach ($product in $products) { ...
to date, I use this tool to tell which w3wp belongs to which App Pool c:\windows\system32\cscript iisapp.vbs How can I extract the same information with Powershell? Or maybe, with more informative results. Thanks :) ...
anyone know how to evalute a string twice in powershell? from example $l1 = yes $l2 = no for (i=0;i -lt 2; i++) { echo $1$i } ...
I have a text file that lists the names of a large number of Excel spreadsheets, and the names of the files that are linked to from the spreadsheets. In simplified form it looks like this: "Parent File1.xls" Link: ChildFileA.xls Link: ChildFileB.xls "ParentFile2.xls" "ParentFile3.xls" Blah Link: ChildFileC.xls Link: ChildFi...
I am creating a new object in a Powershell script, or actually an object type. I want to create multiple instances of this object. How do I do this? The code below is what I am working on, it appears that all instances in the array reference the same object, containing the same values. # Define output object $projectType = new-object ...
Hi, I understand how to create aliases in PowerShell for cmdlets fine but I want to create an alias in PowerShell for things like "git status" as just "gs" and "git pull origin master" as "gpm" can anyone point me in the right direction? I am sure I am missing something obvious. Many thanks Richard ...
PowerShell's type extension facility is neat, but I haven't yet figured out the way -- if one exists -- to extend an indexer. I've tried to add a ScriptProperty for the indexer property (Chars in the case of System.String) and a ScriptMethod for the getter (get_Chars), but neither approach seems fruitful. Is it at all possible, or am I w...
I can create an IISWebVirtualDir or IISWebVirtualDirSetting with WMI, but I've found no way to turn the virtual directory into an IIS Application. The virtual directory wants an AppFriendlyName and a Path. That's easy because they're part of the ...Setting object. But in order to turn the virtual directory into an App, you need to set Ap...
I am currently using the following script to list the available COM Objects on my machine. $path = "REGISTRY::HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\*\PROGID" foreach ($obj in dir $path) { write-host $obj.GetValue("") } I read on another website that the existence of the InProcServer32 key is evidence that the object is 64 bit compatible. So u...
What are the best or most useful dev-related PowerShell modules that exist today? Not looking for sys admin management tools for Active Directory/Microsoft Exchange/etc., but more for development utilities. Please list one module per answer, so they can be voted up accordingly. I'll provide a few to start off. ...
add-type -Language CSharpVersion3 -TypeDefinition @" public class pack_code { public pack_code() {} public string code { get; set; } public string type { get; set; } } "@ $a = New-Object pack_code $a.code = "3" $a.type = "5" $b = New-Object pack_code $b.code = "2" $b.type = "5" $c = New-Object pack_c...
hi all, Am getting SSL error while connecting to remote exchange server. Can any one help me. Thanks & Regards Vijaybhasker ...