Enable running PowerShell Scripts
- Start Windows PowerShell with “Run as Administrator”
- Execute the code below to allow for scripts to run
set-executionpolicy remotesigned
Run PowerShell Script from Command Line
powershell ./'PowerShell File.ps1'
Making absolute path referencing
$solutionRoot = Split-Path $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
Basic Files Commands
Creating a Folder and Child Folders
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path C:\Path\That\May\Or\May\Not\Exist
Delete a Folder with all Children
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force C:\Path\
Delete a Folder with all Children if it does not exist
$FolderName="c:\temp\"
If (Test-Path $FolderName){
Remove-Item -Recurse -Force $FolderName
}
Copy Files from one location to another
Copy-Item -Path C:\MyFolder -Destination \\Server\MyFolder -recurse -Force
RegSvr32
iex "regsvr32 /s file.dll"
Commenting out a line of code
# This is a comment in Powershell
Open PowerShell CLI on remote machine
Enter-PSSession -ComputerName {MachineNameHere} -Credential {CredentialsHere}
Unit Testing in Powershell
Look at Pester as a possible Powershell Unit Testing Framework
References
Questions about Powershell Basics that you were too shy to ask
Testing in Powershell
