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Allow the .. Operator to Accept a Step Value and a Keyword to Signify the Array's length
Votes from Connect: 10
Original Date Submitted: 3/8/2012 8:34:09 AM
Description:
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Handle: Nektar
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 729570
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
In other scripting languages such as Python and MatLab, you can create say a list of all numbers from 0 to 100 stepping by 5 each time by typing something like 0:5:100. Also, you can splice an array from a point to the end by typing 0:end or in Python the last item is -1. In Powershell the .. operator can only accept a starting and…2 votes -
Command Pane and Output Pane combined... Why?????????
Votes from Connect: 10
Original Date Submitted: 12/7/2011 8:49:03 AM
Description:
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Handle: MMarcolini
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 712014
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: No, this is new to the most recent versionProblem Description:
The Output pane is gone and the command pane has been transformed into the frankly clunky blue powershell command prompt. Why? This is like taking 3 steps backwards.I use the ISE to interactively manage my windows systems in much the same way that I use an xterm to manage my unix systems. I typically have many local and remote command tabs open separated…
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Remote Registry should "just work" (no WinRM dependency)
Votes from Connect: 13
Original Date Submitted: 9/21/2011 11:21:52 AM
Description:
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Handle: Matthew Reynolds [MSFT]
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 689864
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
Remote registry is a core feature of Windows since before I can remember. IT Pros shouldn't have to resort to external exes, WMI, WinRM or .Net methods to use remote regsitry from powershell. They should be able to script naturally against remote registry.Providers/cmdlets which interact with registry (e.g., set-item, get-item, etc) should be updated to use remote registry just like they can use…
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Implement support for remote file transfers (think scp)
Votes from Connect: 10
Original Date Submitted: 9/19/2011 2:51:47 PM
Description:
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Handle: PeterMoberg
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 689422
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
I would like to see file remote file transfers, like the SSH scp, implemented in PowerShell.Product Studio item created by Connect Synchronizer due to creation of feedback ID 689422 (http://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=689422).
Repro Steps:
Expected Results:Internal BugId: 3022
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Get-ChildItem and 'Filter' parameter misissue
Votes from Connect: 14
Original Date Submitted: 6/14/2011 7:44:51 PM
Description:
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Handle: Vadims Podans
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 675309
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
'-Filter' parameter tries to bind filter pattern to a both general name and a name in the 8.3 notation (MS-DOS format). This causes that in the 'Get-ChildItem -Filter' output appears unexpected items. For details see repro section.Also this may cause catstrophic results if Get-ChildItem output is passed to Remove-Item cmdlet. Administrator will not expect that Program Files folders will match this pattern. Also PowerShell…
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Get-ItemProperty in registry should return value type.
Votes from Connect: 13
Original Date Submitted: 12/20/2010 5:55:34 AM
Description:
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Handle: Bartek Bielawski
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 632464
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
Currently I see no easy way to get type of registry values. Info presented by Get-ItemProperty is not very helpful. I found workaround for that (sample):
$key = Get-Item 'HKLM:\software\Microsoft\windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer'
$Property = @{Name = 'Property'; Expression = {$}}
$Value = @{Name = 'Value'; Expression = {$key.GetValue($) }}
$ValueType = @{Name = 'Value Type'; Expression = {$key.GetValueKind($_)}}
$key.Property | select $Property, $Value, $ValueType
I…2 votes -
PowerShell remoting DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher object garbled.
Votes from Connect: 18
Original Date Submitted: 12/13/2010 7:55:24 PM
Description:
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Handle: HPH2
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 630828
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: I don't know if this issue existed previouslyProblem Description:
From: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ITCG/thread/7d2a0b0e-254f-4725-9c02-20744cd3cdd5/Powershell version 2.0
Background:
I have a script successfully assembling information about servers in our primary domain.
Now i am trying to use PowerShell Remoting to include information about servers in our DMZ zones.
This works great.Except when i try to query the Active Directory.
Following runs fine in a powershell window on the server dzms01 in a remote desktop session:
PS…
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PowerShell Should do Globbing for Cmdlets - at least for FileSystem Paths
Votes from Connect: 15
Original Date Submitted: 10/21/2010 7:25:53 AM
Description:
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Handle: rkeithhill
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 615447
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
It would be nice if you could decorate an advanced function parameter with an “AcceptsWildcard” attribute like this and have the parameter parsing code actually do the wildcard expansion for you. Of course the doc comment help should use the presence of this attribute to indicate correctly whether or not the parameter accepts wildcards. Perhaps the attribute would take an option to specify simple…2 votes -
Add top-level progress information to Invoke-Command calls
Votes from Connect: 14
Original Date Submitted: 8/11/2010 2:47:58 AM
Description:
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Handle: Kirk Munro (Quest Software)
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 585227
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: No, this is new to the most recent versionProblem Description:
Invoke-Command should handle top-level progress reporting (for example: throttling 5 active operations, 9 complete, 123 machines/sessons to go) and have nested progress bars for individual machines that originate from remote machines so that Write-Progress calls from inside the script block continue to work as expected.Product Studio item created by Connect Synchronizer due to creation of feedback ID 585227 (http://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=585227)…
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Add PowerShell_ISE Startup Parameters
Votes from Connect: 16
Original Date Submitted: 6/16/2010 11:13:55 PM
Description:
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Handle: cmille19
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 568074
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: No, this is new to the most recent versionProblem Description:
The normal PowerShell host supports startup parameters which facilitate building custom shells (i.e. SCOM, Exchange, Admin Tools etc.) callable from the Windows Start Menu. These custom shells either call a startup script that then load modules or import a console files with customizations.Unfortunately, PowerShellISE does not support any startup parameters. For the module developer creating solutions which specifically target PowerShellISE.exe and…
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Warning, Verbose and Debug streams do not respect action preferences the way they should
Votes from Connect: 33
Original Date Submitted: 3/12/2010 7:45:29 PM
Description:
Contact Information
Handle: Kirk Munro (Quest Software)
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 541500
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
If you use the preference variables or the -WarningAction common parameter to control how warnings are handled in PowerShell, or if you use the preference variables to control how verbose or debug messages are handled in PowerShell, your control efforts are ignored because the warning, verbose or debug messages are displayed every time anyway.This differs from how preference variables and the -ErrorAction…
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Get-EventLog should have an EventID parameter
Votes from Connect: 10
Original Date Submitted: 12/19/2009 5:04:21 AM
Description:
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Handle: hrottenberg
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 521263
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
This is such an often-used item that it really should be in here. Even the help file admits as much when it says, "Even though Get-EventLog does not have an EventID parameter".Product Studio item created by Connect Synchronizer due to creation of feedback ID 521263 (http://connect.microsoft.com/PowerShell/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=521263).
Repro Steps:
Expected Results:Internal BugId: 2307
2 votes -
Add ability to remotely enumerate/query the Local Security Policy within Powershell
Votes from Connect: 20
Original Date Submitted: 6/4/2009 3:05:28 AM
Description:
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Handle: reballard
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 463828
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
Add ability to remotely enumerate/query the Local Security Policy within Powershell without having to resort to leverage 3rd party utilities such as DumpSec, etc. output. This ability would be useful when needing to spot check Local Security Policy stuff within a Powershell Script.Product Studio item created by Connect Synchronizer due to creation of feedback ID 463828 (http://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?SiteID=99&FeedbackID=463828).
Repro Steps:
It doesn't appear possible…2 votes -
New-WebServiceProxy needs Force parameter to ignore SSL errors
Votes from Connect: 42
Original Date Submitted: 2/28/2009 10:20:55 PM
Description:
Contact Information
Handle: hrottenberg
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 419466
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
In a lab environment, or a low-budget situation, SSL certificates come last on the todo list. Currently, the New-WebServiceProxy cmdlet cannot be used with self-signed certificates. When you control the network, self-signed certs present little to no risk and are very commonly used. Please add a Force parameter (or similar) to this cmdlet to allow for ignoring acceptable SSL cert exceptions.Product Studio item created by…
2 votes -
CTP3: Add Get-Computer and Start-Computer cmdlets
Votes from Connect: 11
Original Date Submitted: 12/26/2008 4:01:12 PM
Description:
Contact Information
Handle: n4cer
Site Name: PowerShell
Feedback ID: 389694
Frequency: Always Happens
Regression: Yes, this happens in all previous versionsProblem Description:
The new cmdlets added for control of local and remote computers (stop-computer, restart-computer, etc.) are great, but I think they would be complemented by the addition of the following two cmdlets:Get-Computer
Get-Computer would return objects representing all computers on the network (workgroup or domain) including the local machine. It would serve a similar purpose as CMD's net view, however, the returned computer objects would contain…2 votes -
`Get-ChildItem <wildcard-path>` may fail in a directory with backticks
The script shows the issue:
# make directory with backticks and cd to it
$null = mkdir '``test``'
Set-Location -LiteralPath '``test``'# it fails "Cannot find path '...\`test`'
Get-ChildItem *1 vote -
Need a way to enable CMD-like error handling
When an attempt to run an EXE is made from within CMD, or from Windows Explorer, but this fails due to a missing DLL or missing export in a DLL (among other possible failures), a popup message is displayed that tells the interactive user the name of the missing DLL or information about the missing export.
This behavior is not desirable in scripts, so the PowerShell designers have decided not to implement it; instead the execution continues and $LASTEXITCODE is set to something like 0xC0000135.
This makes troubleshooting difficult, because from a PowerShell prompt there is (AFAIK) no way to…
1 vote -
BUG : WMF5 RTM Pull Server HTTPS
I have setup new DSC Pull Server HTTPS with WMF 5 RTM on Windows server 2012 r2 .
Any client with WMF 5 RTM installed is able to pull configuration from Pull Server without certificate installed on the machine .
Even if AllowUnsecureConnection is set to $false in LCM .
I have tested that on WMF 4.0 machines and I'm getting error if the certificate is not presented .
1 voteMariusz,
Thanks for the feedback!
We are attempting to investigate this issue but need more details from you in order to make progress.
Is the issue that you are running into as follows:
- WMF 5. based DSC Pull Server configured with HTTPS and server certificate installed properly. I assume this is not a certificate issued by a trusted authority, correct?
- A WMF 5.0 RTM client does not have the trusted SSL certificate installed in the trusted root folder and the client is able to successfully connect to the Pull Server.
- A WMF 4.0 client fails to connect when it does not have the trusted root cert installed.Please let us know if this is or is not what you are experiencing.
Thanks, again,
MarkG
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PowerShell async Invoke with only one explicit statement never report completion.
If you have PowerShell object with only one statement and you explicitly called AddStatement at the end, then async invocation (BeginInvoke/EndInvoke) of that PowerShell object will never report completion.
PowerShell version: 5.0.10586.0
Reproduce:
$PowerShell=[PowerShell]::Create().AddScript{}.AddStatement()
$PowerShell.EndInvoke($PowerShell.BeginInvoke())1 vote -
Workflow: PWD variable not set during InlineScript execution when the workflow targets remote computers
The PWD automatic variable is not set when the script block passed to InlineScript is executing within a workflow targetting a remote computer. Attempts to retrieve the variable (such as Get-Item Variable:\PWD) fail. The variable becomes present as soon as the first Set-Location statement is executed.
This differs from both powershell.exe and standard PS remoting behavior, where the variable is present from the start.
This issue breaks code which expects the PWD variable to always be available, such as IIS PowerShell Provider cmdlets (e.g. Get-WebApplication).
Client / workflow host: WMF 4.0 on Windows 7, also tested on 8.1
Workflow target:…1 vote
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