Category: PowerShell

Get-Command is a cmdlet in PowerShell that lets you retrieve a list of all available commands in your current session. It’s a go to tool for discovering new commands and understanding their usage and capabilities. You can use Get-Command with wildcards to filter results based on patterns. This…

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The PowerShell script included in this blog post checks if a specific folder exists and then creates it if it does not already exist. It does this by using the Test-Path command to check for the existence of the folder and the New-Item command to create it if…

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The Get-TimeZone cmdlet in PowerShell retrieves the current time zone of a computer. It can also list all available time zones, which is helpful if you’re planning to make changes to the system’s time zone settings. In this post I’m sharing two examples of how to check the…

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Get-Service is a command in PowerShell that returns a list of Services on a Computer. This post is a quick guide on running this command in a PowerShell terminal, using a wildcard ( * ) to show me my services with “SQL” in the service name. We can…

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When working in a PowerShell terminal session, you might want to open Windows Explorer to view the current directory. This guide is a simple guide to demo how to open the current working directory directly from PowerShell. Using Invoke-Item to Open the Current Folder The Invoke-Item cmdlet lets…

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The New-Item cmdlet will create new files or folders in PowerShell. Amend the -ItemType parameter to File or Directory and include a Name for the file or folder. This blog post will walk through the process of creating a new file and a new folder using PowerShell. I…

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