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Articles by Chirag Nagrekar
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How to exclude the RunSpaceID property from the Invoke-Command output in PowerShell?
When we write Invoke-Command in PowerShell, sometimes we get the RunSpaceID property in PowerShell. This is because we use Select-Object (alias: Select) command inside the scriptblock. For example,ExampleInvoke-Command -ComputerName LabMachine2k12 -ScriptBlock{Get-Process PowerShell | Select Name, CPU, WorkingSet}OutputName : powershell CPU : 9.1572587 WorkingSet : 127700992 PSComputerName : LabMachine2k12 RunspaceId : c690f205-06d4-4cc4-be29-5302725eadf1To avoid getting the RunSpaceID property in the output, use the Select command output the scriptblock. For example,ExampleInvoke-Command -ComputerName LabMachine2k12 -ScriptBlock{Get-Process PowerShell} | Select Name, CPU, WorkingSetOutputName CPU WorkingSet ---- --- ---------- powershell 9.1572587 127700992
Read MoreHow to exclude PSComputerName property from Invoke-Command output in PowerShell?
When we are working with Invoke-Command, we get the PSComputerName extra field in the output table. You can remove it by using -HideComputerName parameter. For example, the Below command gives the output with the PSComputerName property.ExampleInvoke-Command -ComputerName LabMachine2k12 -ScriptBlock{Get-Service Winrm} | ft -AutoSizeOutputStatus Name DisplayName PSComputerName ------ ---- ----------- -------------- Running Winrm Windows Remote Management (WS-Management) LabMachine2k12To hide the PSComputerName property,ExampleInvoke-Command -ComputerName LabMachine2k12 -ScriptBlock{Get-Service Winrm} -HideComputerNameOutputStatus Name DisplayName ------ ---- ----------- Running Winrm Windows Remote Management (WS-Management)
Read MoreHow to get the Windows certificate details using PowerShell?
We know that the Windows Certificates are resided in the Certificate store but finding the certificate with its name or getting particular certificate details might be cumbersome sometimes.You can access the certificate store using MMC or using CertMgr.msc command. There are certificates stored for CurrentUser, ServiceAccount, and Local Computer. To access the certificate store using PowerShell, you need to access the PSDrive, and Certificates are stored in the drive called Cert as you can see below.PS C:\> Get-PSDrive cert | ft -AutoSize Name Used (GB) Free (GB) Provider Root CurrentLocation ---- --------- --------- -------- ---- --------------- Cert Certificate \Let say ...
Read MoreHow to check if PSCustomObject is empty in PowerShell?
To check if the PSCustomObject is empty or not in PowerShell, we need to check the fields of the PSCustomObject. Consider the below example, Example$output = [PSCustomObject]@{ Name = 'John' City = 'New York' Country = 'US' Company = 'Alpha' } $output1 = [PSCustomObject]@{ Name = '' City = '' Country = '' Company = '' }OutputPS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $output Name City Country Company ---- ---- ------- ------- John New York US Alpha PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $output1 Name City Country Company ...
Read MoreHow to delete all the file contents using PowerShell?
If you want to delete the entire text file content using PowerShell, then we can use the Clear-Content command. For example, we have the below text file called Locations.txt on the C:\Temp path. You can check the content using the below file.Get-Content C:\temp\locations.txtTo clear the file content, we can use the below command.Clear-Content C:\Temp\locations.txt -Force-Force switch is used to clear the contents without user confirmation.When you use this command with the pipeline in the Get-Content command, it will generate an IO Exception error that the file is in use because we are already retrieving the contents using Get-Content and then ...
Read MoreHow to get installed windows update using PowerShell?
To get the installed windows updates using PowerShell, we can use the Get-Hotfix command. This command gets the hotfixes and updates that are installed on the local and the remote computer.This command is the part of Microsoft.Management.PowerShell utility.ExampleGet-HotFixOutputPS C:\> Get-HotFix Source Description HotFixID InstalledBy InstalledOn ------ ----------- -------- ----------- ----------- LABMACHINE... Update KB3191565 LABMACHINE2K12\Ad... 1/15/2021 12:00:00 AM LABMACHINE... Update KB2999226 LABMACHINE2K12\Ad... 1/13/2021 12:00:00 AMIn the above output, you can see the SourceMachine Name, HotfixID, InstalledBy, and the Installed Date.You can also sort it by the InstalledOn parameter. For example, ExampleGet-HotFix | Sort-Object InstalledOn -DescendingThis command supports the ComputerName parameter which ...
Read MoreDifference between Test-Path and Resolve-Path in PowerShell?
Test-Path command checks if the particular path exists or not and returns the Boolean output (True or False) while Resolve-Path command displays the particular directory if exists otherwise throws an exception. For example, For the path to exist, ExamplePS C:\> Test-Path C:\Temp\ True PS C:\> Resolve-Path C:\Temp\ Path ---- C:\Temp\For the path doesn’t exist, PS C:\> Test-Path C:\Temp11\ False PS C:\> Resolve-Path C:\Temp11\ Resolve-Path : Cannot find path 'C:\Temp11\' because it does not exist. At line:1 char:1 + Resolve-Path C:\Temp11\ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Temp11\:String) [Resolve-Path], ItemNotFoundException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound, Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.ResolvePathCommandResolve-Path is also used to get the ...
Read MoreHow to retrieve windows registry keys and values using PowerShell?
To browse through the registry in PowerShell, we can use the Get-ChildItem command. For example to get all keys from the path HKLM:\Hardware we can use the below command.Get-ChildItem HKLM:\HARDWAREOr you can set the location and use the dir (get-ChildItem or ls) command to browse the path.ExamplePS C:\> Set-Location HKLM:\HARDWARE PS HKLM:\HARDWARE> dirOutputHive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE Name Property ---- -------- ACPI DESCRIPTION DEVICEMAP RESOURCEMAPTo get the properties of the key, use the Get-ItemProperty command.ExampleSet-Location 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\VMware, Inc.' Get-ItemProperty '.\VMware Drivers'Outputefifw.status : 1|1.1.0.0.0.1|oem2.inf vmxnet3.status : 1|1.1.8.16.0.1|oem3.inf pvscsi.status : 1|1.1.3.15.0.1|oem4.inf vmusbmouse.status : 1|1.12.5.10.0.1|oem5.inf vmmouse.status : 1|1.12.5.10.0.1|oem6.inf
Read MoreHow to delete registry key value (property) using PowerShell?
To delete the registry key value using PowerShell, we can use the Remove-ItemProperty command. Suppose we have the registry NodeSoftware and its Property is AppSecurity. We need to delete its key using the Remove-ItemProperty command.PS C:\> Get-Item HKLM:\SOFTWARE\NodeSoftware Hive: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE Name Property ---- -------- NodeSoftware AppSecurity : 1To delete the registry key, PS C:\>Remove-ItemProperty HKLM:\SOFTWARE\NodeSoftware\ -Name AppSecurity -Force -Verbose VERBOSE: Performing the operation "Remove Property" on target "Item: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\NodeSoftware\ Property: AppSecurity".You can also delete property by setting the location. For example, ExamplePS C:\> Set-Location HKLM:\SOFTWARE\NodeSoftware PS HKLM:\SOFTWARE\NodeSoftware> Remove-ItemProperty -Path . -Name AppSecurity -Force -VerboseTo remove Item property using Pipeline, Get-Item HKLM:\SOFTWARE\NodeSoftware | Remove-ItemProperty -Name AppSecurity -Force -Verbose
Read MoreHow to change the TLS version in PowerShell?
Transport Layer Security known as TLS is a very important part while using URI commands such as Invoke−WebRequest or Invoke−Restmethod commands and package commands such as Find−Package or Install−Package because they interact on the internet and PowerShell needs TLS1.2 version for that.We may get the below errors when we use the lower TLS version.WARNING: Unable to download the list of available providers. Check your internet connection. WARNING: Unable to resolve package source 'https://www.powershellgallery.com/api/v2'. Find-Package : No match was found for the specified search criteria and package nameTo resolve the above error, we need to change the TLS version. To check ...
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