Blog Posts

• Create a Link Between Local Windows Files and WSL

  September 6, 2020

  Creating a link between local Windows files and WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is a useful way to share files between the two environments. In this guide, I’ll show how to link a folder in Windows to your WSL instance using the ln command, and also explain how…

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• Access Local Files from Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)

  September 5, 2020

  Accessing local Windows files from a WSL distribution allows integration between workflows, our local Windows environment and (WSL) Linux environments. This is done by navigating to the /mnt/c/ directory within your WSL Linux terminal. Alternatively, you can enter WSL directly from any Windows directory using a terminal. Both…

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• Reinstalling a WSL Disto

  September 4, 2020

  This post is a guide on how to reinstall WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) via command. This may be useful if you are looking to clear down and start a up fresh WSL instance, treating it as a throw-away environment. You should have any WIP code backed up…

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• Enable Windows Subsystem for Linux (with Ubuntu 18.04)

  September 3, 2020

  WSL allows Windows users to develop and run applications within a GNU/Linux environment. Previous to this feature release we needed VM’s or a dual boot setup. For more information, as always have a look at the Microsoft Docs. There’s a huge amount of tutorials and documentation on this…

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• Removing Quotes from a CSV File with PowerShell

  July 30, 2020

  This post explains how to remove quotes from a CSV file using PowerShell, a common requirement when working with CSVs that include unnecessary or problematic quotes. Whether you’re cleaning up data for easier processing or addressing formatting issues caused by quotes, this post will show you how to…

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• “.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system” PowerShell Error

  July 16, 2020

  When attempting to run a PowerShell script you may receive the following error: cdk.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=135170 This post is here to help you resolve this issue. The reason this is happening is…

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• Creating a Linked Server with a MySQL Database

  July 15, 2020

  This is my 3rd Linked Server demo post, and this time it’s to a MySQL database. Noteworthy weblinks: > My Linked Server Blog Posts > Microsoft Docs – Linked Servers Here is a simple diagram of the setup in this post. The above was setup similar to what’s…

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• Check & Restart SQL Server Services on Linux

  July 14, 2020

  As of the 2017 Edition of SQL Server we have been able to install SQL Server on Linux. Linux will likely be more of an unfamiliar environment for traditional Microsoft SQL DBAs. This guide should hopefully help you when you need to check the status of SQL Services…

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• “Changing the Primary Domain DNS Name of this Computer Failed” – Server 2008 R2

  May 30, 2020

  Within an AWS account I have a Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller, and I’m trying to join a Windows Server 2008 R2 to my Whyte.net Domain. I get this error: Changing the Primary Domain DNS name of this computer to “” failed. The name will remain “whyte.net”.The error…

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• Testing Connectivity to Remote Server Ports with PowerShell

  May 7, 2020

  All admins need a tool to test connectivity to remote servers on TCP ports. In Windows, this is commonly done using PuTTy or PowerShell. This post is a note on my favourite way of testing remote TCP connections in Windows, which is using PowerShell:> Check a Port is…

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