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September 30, 2015Sep 30, 201509/30/15Summary: Use a variable to launch a Windows PowerShell cmdlet and maintain the value of $LastExitCode.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to launch a variable that contains the path to a console application while retaining the error code?
September 30, 2015Sep 30, 201509/30/15Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to apply an image to a Windows To Go key and make it bootable.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Now that I have a Windows To Go key partitioned and formatted for use, how do I apply the operating system image to it?
September 29, 2015Sep 29, 201509/29/15Summary: Use the Get-Partition and Get-Disk cmdlets to identify data storage locations.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to easily figure out which disk a particular drive letter is on?
Use Get-Partition with the drive letter and pipe the results to Get-Disk, for example:
Get-Partition –DriveLetter Z | Get-Disk
September 29, 2015Sep 29, 201509/29/15Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to partition a Windows To Go device.
Hey, Scripting Guy! Am I able to use Windows PowerShell to set up the necessary partitions to prepare a Window To Go key?
—LL
Hello LL,
Honorary Scripting Guy, Sean Kearney,
September 28, 2015Sep 28, 201509/28/15Summary: Use the Get-Disk cmdlet to identify all bootable devices that are attached.
How can I use Windows PowerShell to see which USB devices are set to be bootable on my workstation?
Use the Get-Disk cmdlet and filter on the BootFromDisk and BusType properties, for example:
Get-Disk | Where { $_.BusType -eq 'USB'
September 28, 2015Sep 28, 201509/28/15Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to identify Windows To Go devices.
Hey, Scripting Guy! I’ve heard a lot of talk about Windows To Go amongst the IT pros at our local user group. I was wondering how I would go about trying to create them with Windows PowerShell?
September 27, 2015Sep 27, 201509/27/15Summary: Use Windows PowerShell to find an approved verb.
I want to write a new function that will connect a young Jedi Knight to the force by using the noun TheForce and the verb Use. How can I use Windows PowerShell to find if Use is an approved verb?
September 27, 2015Sep 27, 201509/27/15Summary: Ed Wilson, Microsoft Scripting Guy, talks about parsing the DISM log with Windows PowerShell.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. One of the things I like to do on weekends is mess around. So I was intrigued when I found a DISM command that would supposedly export file associations (see DISM Default Application Association Servicing Command-Line Options).
September 26, 2015Sep 26, 201509/26/15Summary: Learn how to find out about Windows PowerShell user groups.
Where can I find out about local or virtual user groups?
Check out these sites to find information about when and where user groups are meeting,
September 26, 2015Sep 26, 201509/26/15Summary: Windows PowerShell MVP, Teresa Wilson, talks about events happening in the world of PowerShell.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. It is the last Saturday of the month again, and the day that the Scripting Wife, Microsoft PowerShell MVP,
