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Version 5.0 of Windows PowerShell, Microsoft's task automation and configuration management platform that functions as an interactive command shell and a scripting language. For general information about Windows PowerShell, see the tag wiki for the tag.

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How do I force powershell to reload a custom module?

I have created a module 'ActiveDirectory.psm1' which contains a class in powershellv5. I am importing that module in another file called 'test.ps1' and then calling a method from the class. test.ps1 contains the following: using module…
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Making a PowerShell POST request if a body param starts with '@'

I want to make a POST request in PowerShell. Following is the body details in Postman. { "@type":"login", "username":"xxx@gmail.com", "password":"yyy" } How do I pass this in PowerShell?
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Iterating through a JSON file PowerShell

I am trying to loop through the below JSON file in PowerShell. Without specifically naming the top tags (e.g. 17443 and 17444), as I do not know them in advance I cannot find a way to loop through the data. I want to output tags 3, 4 and 5 (title,…
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List file names in a folder matching a pattern, excluding file content

I am using the below to recursively list all files in a folder that contains the $pattern Get-ChildItem $targetDir -recurse | Select-String -pattern "$pattern" | group path | select name But it seems it both list files having the $pattern in its…
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PowerShell 5.1 - How to uninstall module which is currently use

We are using some PowerShell modules in one deployment PowerShell script. Using following command we are installing module (i.e. XXXX) into "C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules". Install-Module -Name "XXXX" -AllowClobber -RequiredVersion…
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Write-Host vs Write-Information in PowerShell 5

It is well known that Write-Host is evil. In PowerShell 5, Write-Information is added and is considered to replace Write-Host. But, really, which is better? Write-Host is evil for it does not use pipeline, so the input message can't get reused. But,…
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how to export a class in powershell v5 module

I've got a module setup to be like a library for a few other scripts. I can't figure out how to get a class declaration into the script scope calling Import-Module. I tried to arrange Export-Module with a -class argument, like the -function, but…
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Set-Content appends a newline (line break, CRLF) at the end of my file

My original config file (web1.config) has no extra line and when viewed in notepad (showing all characters) looks as:
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The term 'Invoke-WebRequest' is not recoginzed as the name of a cmdlet

I've got problem with executing Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet. I read that ~100% case of that scenario is PS version lower than 3, but it's not my case: Name Value ---- ----- WSManStackVersion …
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How do I create file hardlink in PowerShell on Windows 10?

How do I create file hardlink in PowerShell on Windows 10? PSCX has New-Hardlink, but is it still needed on Windows 10? You could always shell out to mklink, but from powershell that requires you prefix the command with cmd /c, which is ugly and…
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Starting programs on multiple desktops using powershell in windows 10

Suppose I want to start several programs C:\program1.exe, C:\program2.exe, etc. on multiple desktops in windows 10. For example, programs 1 and 2 should be started on desktop 1 side-by-side, program 3 should be started on the second desktop, while…
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Invoke-RestMethod - Ignore Self Signed Certs

It seems like this question has been asked and answered, but so far every solution I come across does not help. I'm writing a PowerShell script to run some REST API's to get usage information. My script breaks immediately just trying to communicate…
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PowerShell PackageManagement, how to uninstall a package provider?

To troubleshoot a problem, I thought I'd try reinstalling the Chocolatey package provider. There appears to be no cmdlet to remove or uninstall a package provider. I'm not referring to removing a package source or package. I'm using PowerShell 5 on…
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How to run the .reg file using PowerShell?

I want to run the .reg file (registry file) using PowerShell Script but I am not able to run it. When i run it manually it creates the respective nodes in registry but i want it execute using powershell script. Below is the code which i tried using…
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PowerShell type accelerators: PSObject vs PSCustomObject

In PowerShell v3.0 PSCustomObject was introduced. It's like PSObject, but better. Among other improvements (e.g. property order being preserved), creating object from hashtable is simplified: [PSCustomObject]@{one=1; two=2;} Now it seems obvious…
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