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No paid modules in the module repository
I recently posted this on TechNet, and was directed here...
I couldn't remember how many times I've heard Jeffrey Snover talk about the experience that the Powershell team are after being one where you can start at a PS prompt and find and finish everything you need.
First, great job, because it is actually shaping up to an environment that is just that. However, I just ran in to something that made me curse out loud alone in my office, and I want to believe that the majority of the community will be with me on this.
I started, as…
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Differences between 5.1 and 6.1, what are they?
I need some help.
I'm not sure wether this is a PS 6 bug or something else. I've got a piece of code that works well under 5.1, but not 6.1.The code (important parts):
....
#Initiate WebClient
$wc = new-object system.net.WebClient
#Configure proxy if needed
if($noproxy -eq $false)
{
$wc.proxy = new-object System.Net.WebProxy
$wc.proxy.Address = $proxyAddr
$wc.proxy.useDefaultCredentials = $true
$wc.proxy.BypassProxyOnLocal = $true
}
# First get the most recent file
$wc.DownloadFile($uri, $zip)
....The Error, in this case a proxy IS used.
Exception calling "DownloadFile" with "2" argument(s): "Authentication failed because the connection could not be reused."
At C:\data\stm\nvd\CVE.ps1:30…1 vote -
Add-VpnConnection add provider parameter
We are going to use the FortiClient as a VPN provider. Before we were using powershell to create a VPN connection on deployment of a computer. Unfortunately Add-VpnConnection does not support creating a connection other than the Windows built-in. I'd like to see an extra parameter to specify the VPN provider.
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">" or "out-file" changes the file encoding to an unusual one ("unicode")
Using the ">" operator or the "out-file" command changes the file encoding from ansi to unicode. No other cmdlet seems to do that. And this is only true in Powershell 5, not 6.
1 vote -
Module Cmdlets missing after Import-Module
I have started experiencing an issue on multiple machines where modules that once worked fine now stop functioning correctly.
The issue appears to affect Windows 10 machines that have been in service for some time, but does not affect new Windows 10 installs. This leads me to believe that something like a windows update broke the correct functioning of the module import functionality on these machines at some point in the past.
The modules in question have been SQLPS (installed with SSMS), SqlServer (from PSGallery), and AWSPowerShell (also from PSGallery). The issue is that after installing the module and importing…
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Windows PowerShell (or pwsh) on Microsoft Store for Windows 10 in S Mode?
Would it be possible to get PowerShell into the Microsoft Store for Windows 10 in S Mode, in some sort of container that would allow for connections to exchange online powershell, and other tasks?
3 votes -
Fix Get-InsightsCapabilityResult -Name Parameter to accept wild cards
The Get-InsightsCapabiloityResult cmdlet is part of the SystemInsights module in Server 2019.
This cmdlet takes a Name parameter. This parameter specifies which capability results to return. It would be helpful if this parameter accepted a wildcard (* or *cpu*) to return some but possibly not all results.
This would improve the ease of use of this cmdlet in production.
1 vote -
Problem with external commands when current location is invalid
If your current location is on a UNC path or network drive that is no longer accessible, and you run an external command, the command is run with the current directory set to c:\windows\system32 or sometimes c:\windows. If the external command is destructive, e.g., robocopy with the /move option, this can make your system unbootable.
Powershell should behave the same way as cmd.exe, i.e, refuse to run an external command if the current location is no longer valid.
(PS: the problem does not always occur the first time you run a command after the current location becomes invalid. I believe…
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The VSTS Deploy task Azure PowerShell and Build task - PowerShell are not able to handle secret variables and Azure key vault variables corr
1.Issue:
The VSTS Deploy task Azure PowerShell and Build task - PowerShell are not able to handle secret variables and Azure key vault variables correctly while writing their values to console using write-host. This is causing the values of secret variables to the exposed in log files.2.Steps to reproduce
a. Sample script:
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]$Secretvariablewithspecialcharacter,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]$normalVariablewithspecialcharacter,
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
[string]$Secretvariablewithnospecialcharacter
)
Write-Host "Printing parameters:"
Write-Host "Secretvariablewithspecialcharacter: $Secretvariablewithspecialcharacter"
Write-Host "normalVariablewithspecialcharacter: $normalVariablewithspecialcharacter"
Write-Host "Secretvariablewithnospecialcharacter: $Secretvariablewithnospecialcharacter"$notspecialcharacter="1234abcd";
$specialcharacter ="1234§-¤%#&/=abcd"Write-Host "notspecialcharacter: $notspecialcharacter"
Write-Host "specialcharacter: $specialcharacter"if ($Secretvariablewithspecialcharacter -eq $specialcharacter)
{
Write-Host "Secretvariablewithspecialcharacter $Secretvariablewithspecialcharacter and $specialcharacter specialcharacter match"
}else
{
Write-Host "Secretvariablewithspecialcharacter '$Secretvariablewithspecialcharacter'…1 vote -
cmdlets for Overriding Language not working in buid 1709/1803
cmdlets for Overriding Language not working in buid 1709/1803
Set-WinDefaultInputMethodOverride -InputTip ***-XXXXXX
Set-WinUILanguageOverride -Language XXXXXXDoes not change settings and generate no error message in PS
2 votes -
use semi-colon as line separator
`
do you see that? that's the line continuation line in PS. very hard to notice because maybe you think it's a dirt on the screen or on a book.would be better if lines continue until it meets a semi-colon. yes just like in C. a semi-colon is easier to notice and you wouldn't mistake it for a dirt on the screen.
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PowerShell to select SSID
Many companies have several wifi ssids. You know, "Corp" "Guest" "Upstairs Lab"
Very very common.How? How do you select one via PowerShell ?
2 votes -
Add support for SSRS Mobile reports to Out-RsFolderContent
Out-RsfolderContent fails when exporting Mobile Reports because the 'TypeName' MobileReport is not covered in the function.
I added the following remedy to my system. may be nice for others.
I have not yet tested for PowerBI reports ... but neither have the people making these nice modules ...if (($item.TypeName -eq 'MobileReport') ) {
$relativePath = $item.Path
if($RsFolder -ne "/") { $relativePath = Clear-Substring -string $relativePath -substring $RsFolder -position front }
$relativePath = $relativePath.Replace("/", "\")
$newFolder = $Destination + $relativePath
Write-Verbose "Creating folder $newFolder"
New-Item $newFolder -ItemType Directory -Force | Out-Null
Write-Verbose "Folder: $newFolder was created successfully."
}
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How to compare current and next Iteration values of foreach loop in Powershell.
Hi,I have a loop like below. In that, I want to compare next iteration value with current iteration value. If current value is not match with next value then I need to do some process. So I want to know like how to get the next Iteration value of a loop in powershell.
$var = ('abc','abc','bcd','cdf','cdf')
Foreach($i in $var){
If($i -ne $nextiterationvalue)
{ do something }
else { do something }}Thanks,Dinesh
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Import-PfxCertificate and relates commands don't exist on linux/macos powershell
our .net core projects use powershell. The lack of these commands impedes our cross-platform activities.
1 vote -
Unable to use PowerShell Transcription with Active Directory Administrative Console (ADAC)
Setup group policy to enable PowerShell Transcripting. From a machine that has that policy applied, launch ADAC. The error "Cannot connect to any domain. Refresh or try again when connection is available." pops up and ADAC can't be used.
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OpenSource NetTCPIP and put it in a GitHub repo.
I am extremely annoyed by Test-NetConnection and would like to make it better. Why is there not a skip ICMP flag, or a timeout flag?
Please, OpenSource this so the community could improve this tooling for all.
1 vote -
powershell.exe does not preserve current directory when launched from command prompt
Given a script with the contents:
```
$location = Get-LocationWrite-Host "current directory [$($location.Path)]"
```Actual:
From command prompt:
```
e:\projects\test>powershell -File ..\cleanBinObj.ps1
current directory [E:\projects]
```From powershell:
```
E:\projects\test> ..\cleanBinObj.ps1
current directory [E:\projects\test]
```Expected: calling powershell from the command prompt should preserve the current directory and print "E:\projects\test" instead of "E:\projects"
1 vote -
Powershell cmdlets to retrieve and collect specific versions of policies in the policy store for AGPM
The existing powershell cmdlets for AGPM only allow manipulation of the current versions of policies. Please enhance these cmdlets to allow querying / returning of specific versions of policies stored in the policy store. For example Get-ControlledGpo only allows returning of a list of the latest versions of GPO's. Please include an additional parameter return a specific version or all versions of a policy, and include the GPO version in the standard returned object.
This would allow powershell driven versions of policy rollback, ie:
Get-ControlledGpo -Domain "TSQA.Contoso.com" | Where {$_.Name -eq "A Great Policy" -and $_.PolicyVersion -eq 10 } |…
1 vote -
BUG: binary module loading fails silently on Fall Creators update on some machines
occurs in PS 5.1 on Windows 10, Fall Creators update
First observed with SqlServer module 21.0.17199
Also occurs with PsWindowsUpdate v2.0.0.0 , SqlServer 21.0.17224Pretty much what it says - with either autoload or Import-Module, the module loads with no complaints but the cmdlets aren't there. The assemblies _do_ get loaded into the appdomain. I found no obvious clues poking around with ProcMon and Trace-Command (obvious to me, anyway). Happens on some machines, not others. Reported by 3 users (that I know of), in each case after updating to the Fall Creators update. If you have any debugging hints, they'd…
4 votes
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