We show you how to create and run PowerShell script file in Windows. You can create it using virtually any text editor or the ISE console.

What if your PC could take care of boring tasks for you? With Windows PowerShell, it can. Here's how I use PowerShell to automate everyday repetitive tasks that I would be less keen to do otherwise.

Your history probably contains commands that you do not want to include in the script. The other thing that you need to know is that PowerShell allows you to map a command's output to a variable.

So as you can see, PowerShell scripts can be automated through the Windows Task Scheduler. The trick to doing so is to perfect your command at the Run prompt before trying to schedule the task.

An introduction to scripts The basis of PowerShell is script processes and commands. Once we have the framework of creating our own scripts down, we can add in some of the more advanced logic that ...

We sometimes expect automation to be instantaneous when, in reality, PowerShell must interact with various other systems that have their own schedules. When the script will take awhile, and the script ...

If you're just a system administrator that's been writing PowerShell scripts for a while, the concept of testing may be foreign to you. If so, this article should shed some light on the idea of ...

Are you getting started with PowerShell? If so, this guide will help you to create and run your first script on Windows.