Scripting is often seen as something only IT admins do to lengthen their coffee breaks, but home users can benefit from ...

Microsoft replaced the standard command prompt with Windows PowerShell — a much more powerful CLI-based tool that can be used for scripting and automating tasks. Along with automating complex or ...

Beta Man Windows PowerShell: Command Performance Windows PowerShell is almost ready for prime time. By Beta Man 10/01/2006 Microsoft has officially locked Windows PowerShell into Release Candidate ...

You'll spot many familiar Cmd commands -- like Move and Type -- in the list of aliases. PowerShell uses these aliases to map familiar Cmd commands to new PowerShell cmdlets.

Microsoft's Windows PowerShell is, well, powerful, but also a bit peculiar. Here's what you need to know to get started with this robust command and scripting environment.

One of the appealing features of Windows PowerShell is that it can be extended. You are not limited to the commands that Microsoft ships. You can load additional commands and functionality via a ...

Windows PowerShell has a built-in History feature that remembers all the commands you executed when using it. While it should remember the History of the active session, I see that it retains more ...