Tag Archives: pinvoke

Make a Window Flash in Taskbar using PowerShell and PInvoke

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Boe Prox

While working on a different project, I came across the need to do some sort of notification when something happened during a script. I didn’t need popup or some loud noise to alert me, but something a little subtle to … Continue reading →

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Create a Hard Link Using PowerShell

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Boe Prox

Following on the heels of my last article where I talked about creating a symbolic link using PowerShell, I figured I would throw another script out there that will do what mklink.exe does with creating a hard link and do … Continue reading →

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Creating a Symbolic Link using PowerShell

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Boe Prox

Recently, I had a need to create a symbolic link while running a scan on some systems and found that there was not a native way in PowerShell to accomplish this. Now I can use mklink.exe to make this work, … Continue reading →

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Finding a File’s MFT Timestamp using PowerShell

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Boe Prox

During my last couple of articles dealing with writing and reading files without updating their LastAccess and LastWrite timestamps which has seen a bit of popularity from folks.  While these methods work great for the casual onlooker, digging down deeper … Continue reading →

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Read File Without Updating LastAccess TimeStamp using PowerShell

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Boe Prox

In my last article I showed you how to write to a file covertly without updating the LastWrite and LastAccess time and even avoid being tripped by the FileSystemWatcher event.  This is a follow-up to that article that uses many … Continue reading →

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