Unblock-File – Unlocking Downloaded Files with PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, we’re diving into a useful but sometimes overlooked PowerShell cmdlet: Unblock-File. If you’ve ever downloaded a script or file from the internet and found it blocked by Windows, this cmdlet is your key to fixing the issue. From the PowerShell documentation:…

Deep Dive into Set-PSReadLineOption: Customize Your PowerShell Editing Experience Welcome back to Wahman’s PowerShell blog! Today, we’re going to explore a very handy command that lets you take more control over how PowerShell behaves in the console: Set-PSReadLineOption. Description (From Microsoft Docs): Set-PSReadLineOption customizes the behavior of command line editing in PSReadLine. This cmdlet allows…

PowerShell Cmdlet Deep Dive: Get-HotFix Welcome back to Wahmans Powershell Blog! Today we’re taking a closer look at a super-helpful cmdlet that helps Windows admins quickly check what updates and patches have been applied to one or more systems: Get-HotFix. What does it do? Get-Hotfix retrieves the hotfixes (also known as updates or patches) that…

Exploring the Get-MarkdownOption Cmdlet – Customize Markdown Styles in PowerShell Welcome to another post on Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re diving into an interesting and somewhat lesser-known cmdlet introduced in newer versions of PowerShell – Get-MarkdownOption. Markdown rendering is supported in recent versions of PowerShell, especially for creating rich documentation or formatted messages directly in…

Sending Output to a Printer with PowerShell: Meet Out-Printer Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell blog! Today, we’re exploring the Out-Printer cmdlet – a handy tool in the PowerShell toolkit that lets you send output directly to your printer. Whether you want to print logs, reports, or formatted tables right from your script, Out-Printer makes it…

Exploring the PSConsoleHostReadLine Cmdlet in PowerShell Welcome back to Wahmans PowerShell Blog! Today, we’re diving into a rather hidden gem in the PowerShell ecosystem: PSConsoleHostReadLine. According to the Microsoft documentation, PSConsoleHostReadLine is the main entry point for PSReadLine. While it’s not a cmdlet you’ll call directly often, understanding its role will help you grasp how…