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Prevent Write-Debug From Bugging You

Posted on June 1, 2014 by Boe Prox

If you are like me, you try to take advantage of already available methods of displaying output that displays information about a running function or script or  some other internal information by using Write-Verbose/Debug. The best thing about this is … 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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Write to an Existing File Without Updating LastWriteTime or LastAccessTimestamps Using PowerShell

Posted on February 14, 2013 by Boe Prox

This little trick was something I stumbled upon while attempting to help solve an issue with a file scan that was about to take place. We wanted to know the last time a file was accessed and build out a … Continue reading →

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