Category "powershell"

When generating a unique username in Active Directory, numbers do not increment correctly

I am updating a script we use to generate new users and update users based on a csv we download from a feed every night. I need to generate a unique username fo

How to pass arguments in command line using dotnet?

the command dotnet myapp.dll -- [4, 3, 2] throws the exception System.FormatException: Input string was not in a correct format. I do not know the syntax. How s

Upload byte array without actually creating a local file to SFTP server using WinSCP .NET assembly?

I need to write a PowerShell script that reads some data and writes it to a file on a remote SFTP location. I'd rather not generate a local file first before i

Updating Path multiple times in the same RUN command

Consider the following Dockerfile. On the last lines, first git is installed, and then something is appended to the path environment variable. FROM mcr.microsof

Invoke-Sqlcmd with AAD authentication

In an Azure DevOps 'release pipeline', I provision Azure resources - including SQLServer databases - and try to configure access to databases using managed iden

How to execute Set-GPPermissions command without confirmation prompt

Set-GPPermissions -Guid <Guid> -TargetName "Authenticated Users" -PermissionLevel None -TargetType Group -Replace -Confirm:$false Used to work fine, but

How to fix error- nodemon.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system, (without security risk)?

Error on terminal: nodemon.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system. For more information, see about_Execution_Policies at https:

How to enable / disable web application compression via command line?

I'm running iis 10 on windows server 2016. I need to enable content compression for some web application and disable it for others. These check boxes specifical

Why won't Variable update?

I'm currently editing our new employee script for AD and I am running into an issue, I added 2 radio buttons for the home folder, one radio button will update t

How can I compare a file's SHA256 hash in PowerShell to a known value?

If I've downloaded a file with a known SHA256 hash, how can I use PowerShell to check that the file matches the expected hash?

How to sudo on powershell on Windows

Whenever I need to run a powershell script it complains of security, if I add powershell.exe -nologo -executionpolicy bypass -File .\install.ps1 I still get per

How do I overwrite a file using PowerShell?

New-Item -Path "C:\aws" -Name "script.ps1" -ItemType "file" -Value "text in file" I am trying to create a file using the above command, if the file already exi

Task scheduler to run tasks only during the last full workweek of the month

I have multiple tasks that need to be scheduled during the last full workweek (Monday through Friday) of every month. These will be scheduled from a Windows Ser

TaskScheduler: "Access is Denied" (0x80070005) when running scheduled tasks on Windows Server 2019

I just set up a new Windows Server 2019 instance, and am trying to run tasks (C# console apps) through Windows Task Scheduler. I've set it up to log in as a cer

PowerShell - Automate loading .pst files into Outlook and exporting individual .msg items inside

I am currently working on a project where I have been given a lot of .pst files. These files contain individual .msg files inside which I need to run an analysi

'this.Client.SubscriptionId' cannot be null

We noticed that our Azure Subscription field is empty eg: Get-AzContext -ListAvailable Name Account Subscrip

Mapped network drives are not showing in My Computer

I am trying to create a external network drive using PowerShell 5.0. I Need those drive to display in My Computer. For that purpose I am using this follow comma

Invoke-Command with -credentials

I want to invoke a command on a remote server, I do not want to have to put in the password to run the script. I've tried encrypting the password and storing it

reads variable from a text file and set it to current PowerShell session env variable

let's say that I have a text file that defines some variables something like this file : .env USER=user DB_NAME=userDB DB_HOST=localhost DB_PORT=5432 and I wa

The term '\venv\Scripts\activate.ps1' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program

I have been trying to get a venv to activate for the last week. Currently, the errors say The module 'venv' could not be loaded. For more information, run 'Impo