Scripts

I once faced a rather tedious task that involved recursively modifying a number of shortcut paths stored across a convoluted folder structure. There was approximately 100 shortcuts which needed part of their path modifying. The answer: Create a****PowerShell script. The following code utilises regex to check for the existence of a string and modify with the define replacement. It is easily possible to use Read-Host to make this a little bit more interactive, but the purposes of my use-case it was just as simple to modify these variables before running the script. ...

For security purposes, it is possible to control the language mode in a given Powershell session. These language modes can constrict which modules can be loaded during the life of a powershell session. Learn mode about Powershell langeuage modes: About Language Modes – Microsoft Detect the Current Language Mode $sLangMode: $ExecutionContext.SessionState.LanguageMode If ($sLangMode -ne “FullLanguage”){ Write-Host ” !! Unable to run scrit – Powershell Using Wrong Language Mode !! ” } Else{ ...

This is really quick nugget of Powershell for anyone who is struggling to copy and paste into a particular window or dialog box. Perhaps it is a case of a website which prevents text form being sent to a field from the clipboard, or in my case, a windows UAC prompt. If you are following password best practices, your passwords should be long, complex and contain zero dictionary words. Furthermore, you should have a different password for every site and service. So, when a user interface doesn’t allow you to paste a password, life gets that little bit more difficult. ...