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get-childitem and folder structures with folder names containing '&'
Have this basic excerpt of a directory structure with folder name containing an &.
Music
- Massive_Attack
- Collected
- Mezzanine
- Protection
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LNK File and Jump Lists
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I am currently finalizing a paper on Windows Shell artifact generation and wanted to share some experimental findings regarding the interaction between applications and `shell32.dll`. My ...
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For use by ServerFault scripters at shell - any OS "default top" names
What is the right list of characters for default, top at sorts of operating system as prefix?
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Variation or different. As in DOS, a structure for files and operations at "most important ...
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Why does a string of my machine name vs [Environment]::MachineName.ToString() produce different outputs in my function?
Why do I have two different output values when I pass a string of my machine name vs using [Environment]::MachineName.ToString()? Somehow the SHA256 sees them differently and I need them to be seen ...
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Powershell error: The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid
I have a script I have created that throws the following error:
The expression after '&' in a pipeline element produced an object that was not valid. It must result in a command name, a script ...
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Ghosted highlighting in vs code powershell terminal
Look at the images. After the first word of any command, anything written after that is getting highlighted with a grey background (depends on the theme though and it looks worst on lighter themes as ...
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Find the same not-installed Windows updates as the UI with PowerShell
Here is what Windows Settings shows me:
I try to get the same list using PowerShell. Here is my script
$session = New-Object -ComObject 'Microsoft.Update.Session';
$searcher = $session....
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PowerShell : how to zip directory based on file name
I have this functioning code that looks in a directory, and zips up all .PDF files it finds into a ZIP archive, and then deletes the original .PDF files:
# Get all files in the directory (non-...
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InstallShield 2025 Basic MSI - Pass Property to PowerShell deferred custom action?
For InstallShield Premier 2025 and a Basic MSI setup, can someone provide a working sample for passing a Property like TEST_ID to a PowerShell script custom action run as a Deferred in System Context.
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Flutter on Windows: "Building with plugins requires symlink support" and start ms-settings:developers not working in PowerShell
I am working on a Flutter project on Windows 11.
My Flutter version is:
Flutter 3.41.6 • channel stable • https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
Framework • revision db50e20168 (3 weeks ago) • 2026-03-...
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Refreshing Power BI Data within SemanticModel using ServicePrinicipal connection
I have a Power BI Report and the relevant Semantic Model that gets data from a SharePoint and Data Bricks SQL Warehouse using my credentials. Can i change the data refreshing and semantic refresh part ...
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How to run 2 commands at once, in parallel, auto-executing each command in a pane. For PowerShell but looking for a cross-platform terminal workflow
About running 2 commands at once, for example to run 2 console programs with 1 single command, in PowerShell, one way to do this is with a command in the next format, just by adding ; between each of ...
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How do I escape this FFmpeg command's filepath in PowerShell? [closed]
I have an issue with adding a .ASS file to MP4 file using FFmpeg in PowerShell:
# Function to add ASS subtitles to video
function Add-Subtitles-To-Video {
param ($videoPath, $assPath, $outputPath)
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Creating clickable link to text file in Powershell
I'd like to create a hyperlink to a text file in a Powershell script that'll be run in Windows terminal. I've made it work by hardcoding the link, ex. file://c:/textfile.txt but I'd like to compile ...
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Powershell can't delete file it opened
I wrote this code below. and it is throwing the error
Cannot remove item BLAHBLAH: The process cannot access the file 'BLAHBLAH' because it is being used by another process.
As SOON as the overall ...
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