If the program is already running, switch to that program. Start a new instance of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. Switch to the last active window of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Open the Jump List for the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. Switch to the program that displayed a message in the notification area. Collapse the current selection if it's expanded , or select the parent folder. Display the current selection if it's collapsed , or select the first subfolder. As touched on earlier in this guide, Microsoft has a restricted execution policy that prevents scripting on PowerShell unless you change it. When setting the execution policy, you have four options to choose from:.
Running the command Get-Execution Policy will allow you to see which policy is active on the server before running a new script. If you then see the server in question operating under a restricted policy, you can then implement the Set-ExecutionPolicy command to change it. One of the most important commands is Get-Service , which provides the user with a list of all services installed on the system, both running and stopped.
This cmdlet can be directed by using specific service names or objects. If you wanted to restrict output to active services on your computer, input the following command:.
This cmdlet allows you to build reports with tables and color, which can help to visualize complex data. Simply choose an object and add it to the command. For example, you could type:. A better alternative command is:. No less important for increasing visibility is the Export-CSV command.
Every object has its own line or row within the CSV file. This command is primarily used to create spreadsheets and share data with external programs. This is because formatting objects results in only the formatted properties being placed into the CSV file rather than the original objects themselves. In the event that you want to send specific properties of an object to a CSV file, you would use the Select-Object cmdlet. If you want to view all processes currently running on your system, the Get-Process command is very important.
To get a list of all active processes on your computer, type:. To pick a specific process, narrow the results down by process name or process ID and combine that with the Format-List cmdlet, which displays all available properties.
One of the most common reasons users look at event logs is to see errors. If you want to see error events in your log, simply type:. Whenever this happens, you can use Get-Process to retrieve the name of the process experiencing difficulties and then stop it with the Stop-Process command. Generally, you terminate a process by its name.
It may have its own unique cmdlets, but a wealth of online resources can help you with any administrative task you can think of. To get the most out of PowerShell, you simply need to get used to the multitude of commands available to you.
Make sure you start out with the command line interface before graduating to the full-blown GUI. The most important navigation actions you need to know for PowerShell is how to get into it and how to get out again. The easiest way to access the PowerShell environment is to type PowerShell in the search field of your taskbar. The proper way to close the window is to type exit and the command prompt.
The standard navigation commands of the Command Prompt work in PowerShell so use cd to change directory. Enter a drive letter followed by a colon eg. D: to switch to another drive. PowerShell is an advancement on Command Prompt because its shell scripting capabilities include better programming constructs than those available for batch jobs in Command Prompt.
All of the Command Prompt commands are available in PowerShell but then PowerShell has extra commands and utilities, called cmdlets. Bash scripting is a Unix shell script. As Linux is an adaptation of Unix, a shell script written for Linux is often called a Bash script. There are a lot of online tutorials on how to create a Bash script. In order to avoid confusion, try not to refer to a PowerShell script as a Bash script. To stick with Command Prompt, go to the Start menu and click on Settings.
In the Settings menu, select Personalization. Select Taskbar in the left-hand menu of the Personalization Settings Window. Set that to Off. Click OK to run as Administrator. Type powershell into the Taskbar search field. Select Run as Administrator from the list of options in the right panel of the results list. Open the Command Prompt, type powershell, and hit Enter. Type start-process PowerShell -verb runas and press Enter. If your PowerShell command requires a value in quotes, use single quotes in there instead of double-quotes.
The surrounding quotes in the execution example here should remain as double-quotes. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Comparitech uses cookies. More info. Menu Close. We are reader supported and may receive a commission when you make purchases using the links on our site. Tim Keary Network administration expert. What is Windows PowerShell? Get-Content cat, gc, type Gets the content of the item at the specified location.
Add-Content ac Adds content to the specified items, such as adding words to a file. Set-Content sc Writes or replaces the content in an item with new content. Copy-Item copy, cp, cpi Copies an item from one location to another.
Remove-Item del, erase, rd, ri, rm, rmdir Deletes the specified items. Move-Item mi, move, mv Moves an item from one location to another.
Set-Item si Changes the value of an item to the value specified in the command. New-Item ni Creates a new item. Compare-Object compare, dif Compares two sets of objects. Group-Object group Groups objects that contain the same value for specified properties. Invoke-WebRequest curl, iwr, wget Gets content from a web page on the Internet.
Measure-Object measure Calculates the numeric properties of objects, and the characters, words, and lines in string objects, such as files … Resolve-Path rvpa Resolves the wildcard characters in a path, and displays the path contents. Creates the variable if one with the requested name does not exist. Sort-Object sort Sorts objects by property values. Start-Service sasv Starts one or more stopped services.
Start-Process saps, start Starts one or more processes on the local computer. Suspend-Job sujb Temporarily stops workflow jobs.
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