Category Archives: powershell

Guest Spot on Hey, Scripting Guy! On Making The Console Glassy

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Boe Prox

I did a spot on Hey, Scripting Guy! today talking about using reflection to hook into the Win32 API and give your PowerShell console a more glassy look. Click on the link below to check it out! http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2014/10/05/weekend-scripter-give-your-powershell-console-a-glassy-theme.aspx I also … Continue reading →

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Re-Awarded Windows PowerShell MVP – 2014

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Boe Prox

While home for lunch, I received an awesome email: I am very grateful and honored to have received this award for a second year. This is something that I never expect to get, but am always thankful for receiving. I … Continue reading →

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Using Mutexes to Write Data to the Same Logfile Across Processes With PowerShell

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Boe Prox

I think we have all been there at some point. We have multiple processes running, either through multiple powershell.exe consoles or using PSJobs (maybe even runspaces ) and we have decided that specific data from our running commands should go … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Adding Items to an Array and a Look at Performance

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Boe Prox

I had some comments on a recent performance comparison article that were well received and encouraged me to write some more of these similar articles. So without further ado, lets get started on looking at adding items to an array … Continue reading →

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Quick Hits: Sending Data to Null

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Boe Prox

There are times when you do not need to display data in the PowerShell console, but it still wants to show up anyways. A good case is when you are trying to add items to a collection, such as an … Continue reading →

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