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Native alternative to wget in Windows PowerShell?

I know I can download and install the aformentioned library (wget for Windows), but my question is this: In Windows PowerShell, is there a native alternative to wget? I need wget simply to retrieve a file from a given URL with HTTP GET. For…
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Why does running PowerShell change my console font?

I have a strange problem on my laptop - when I run Powershell within an existing console window, the font choice for the window changes. For example, this is cmd.exe immediately after opening the window: The fonts, window size and colours used are…
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Test network ports faster with PowerShell

In Windows 8.1, the Test-NetConnection cmdlet is useful for checking the state of a network port on a remote system. However, it can be unnecessarily slow sometimes. I'd like to know if there's some options I could tweak, or an alternative…
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Can the default PowerShell terminal keep a command history?

Is there a way to have PowerShell remember commands entered during the previous sessions? That is, after closing the window and opening it again, can PowerShell be setup to remember the commands?
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Get-ChildItem | tree gives me a wierdly formatted tree

The following input: PS STG:\> Get-ChildItem | tree Gives me Folder PATH listing for volume Data Volume serial number is 6576-C540 D:. ÃÄÄÄAPK ÃÄÄÄAssets ³ ÃÄÄÄAnimations ³ ³ ÃÄÄÄCharacters ³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄinhabitant ³ ³ …
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Don't want to display WARNING: ACTIONS REQUIRED: while running powershell script

I have written bitlocker code to backup key after old key has been shared with user. My requirement is that don't want to display WARNING: ACTIONS REQUIRED: while running script $BLV = Get-BitLockerVolume -MountPoint "C:" $KeyProt =…
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Powershell Custom Properties - Change Property name

I have a custom object, and I would like to change the property name of one of the existing properties. Is that possible? I know I could create a new property with the new name, copy the values from the old property and then select only the…
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PowerShell issue - IF statement curly brackets

I’ve come across something with PS and I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or maybe it is just a bug in PS (and I can’t find the answer anywhere)? I’ve tested this with PS v4, v5.0 and v5.1 using different Windows OS’s. First, it seems that…
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stop-computer : Privilege not held

I am running Powershell (v4) on a Windows7 box ; I was able to until yesterday (2017-04-12) to issue a 'stop-computer' command to shutdown my computer. Today: I am unable to do so; I get this response: ('zaphod' is the hostname): PS…
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Unable to kill a process

With admin rights and Powershell, I want to kill a nasty process. PS D:\_prj> Get-Process someapp* | Stop-Process -Force (or without -Force). That works in 99% of cases. Unfortunately, sometimes it don't. After executing the command I check whether…
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Using Advanced Parameter Sets in a Function with Multiple Unique Switches

I am using Powershell 4.0. I am attempting to write a cmdlet and in this cmdlet I would like to use Advanced Parameter sets to have certain options available based on what parameter(s) is/are chosen. This particular function will essentially and…
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Invoke-Sqlcmd not working after PowerShell 4 install

I installed PowerShell 4 yesterday and ever since then, I get the error "The term 'Invoke-Sqlcmd' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function". This has been working just fine for months until PowerShell 4. I have SQL 2012 SP1 installed with…
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Powershell script to capture Screenshot

Don't want to use third party tool and module. $ie = New-Object -ComObject InternetExplorer.Application $ie.Visible = $true $ie.Navigate("https://www.google.com") $ie.FullScreen = $true while($ie.busy){ Start-Sleep -Seconds 10 } Add-Type…
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PowerShell select-object Expand Property For multiple values

How can I Filter Files Name and Complete Files Path Using powershell select-object expand property here is files in partition Mode LastWriteTime Length Name ---- ------------- ------ ---- d---- 3/9/2021…
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How to merge multiple excel files and update the merged file's worksheet names as excel files?

Can somebody please help me to resolve this. This is my requirement: I have few excel files (It will vary) in a folder D:\Script\Test The name of the files are ExcelA, ExcelB, ExcelC etc It has worksheets like this: A1 (for ExcelA), B1(for…
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