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Running Remote Powershell Commandlet that wraps a process exits before completion
I have a custom PowerShell commandlet that I have created in C# that spins up some instances of vstest.console.exe and publishes the test results to a .trx file or to tfs.
This commandlet works in ...
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How to Write-Verbose from Invoke-Command?
In powershell
Write-Verbose and the -Verbose flag are used to provide verbose information when commands are run in verbose mode. I am running some scripts remotely and would like to capture the ...
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Invoke-Command invocation of server script error
I have this script in the client computer that try to run a script from the server computer:
try {
$s = New-PSSession -ComputerName "name" -Authentication CredSSP -Credential $credential
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how do i prevent my script for waitnig for user input
i am writing a code that runs on remote computer using psexec, in some point of the code it stop and wait for user to press enter in order to continue , this only happens on remote! when i use local ...
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Creating a registry key with path components via PowerShell
For a legacy application, I need to create a registry key with a name in the format c:/foo/bar/baz. (Note: forward slashes, not backslashes.) To be clear: that is a single key's name, with forward ...
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PSRemoting performance overhead with get-childItem
This completes in 2.3 minutes on LOCALSERVER:
A: measure-command {$x = invoke-command {gci -recurse "C:\"}}
This completes in 38.4 minutes on LOCALSERVER:
B: measure-command {$x = ...
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Powershell: Remote install fails when trying to connect to database
I have been struggling for a few days with this issue. I tried googling the issue but haven't found any answers.
I am trying to install an exe on a remote machine (VM) using powershell. The ...
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Run a local function on a remote computer?
I have a simple function on my computer
MYPC> $txt = "Testy McTesterson"
MYPC> function Do-Stuff($file) {
cd c:\temp;
$txt > $file;
}
I would like to run it on a remote computer
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Running console EXE from PowerShell: different behavior in output in local and remote sessions
I'm trying to unzip an archive with 7za.exe (stand-alone version of 7-zip) from PowerShell. Basically, striping out all service code, my attempt looks like this:
[string]$pathTo7z = ...
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powershell invoke-command does not work if I use -computerName
I want to execute below code in the either local or remote machine whith current user.
$BackUpSqlAgentAndRemoveOldbackup = {
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Unable to Connect to live@edu through Powershell
HI,
I am trying to connect to live@edu using powershell with following command.
Command Fired:
$SessionNew = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri ...
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Restarting PC's and writing to the event log with a custom message
I have written a script in PowerShell that will remotely restart a list of PC's using the 'Restart-Computer' command.
Is there a way of adding a custom message to the systems event log, to explain ...
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In PowerShell how to copy files from a Remote PSsession to another Windows server
I am trying to copy a folder from one remote server to another inside a PSSession, it's giving errors like access is denied. I have admin privileges to both of the servers. If I try it without ...
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The data is invalid Error using Powershell Remoting and Get-WebSite (WebAdministration Module)
I'm using Win 7 64 bits, Windows PowerShell 2.0, and VS 2010 , .NET 4.0 and Unit Test project.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe
(32 bits)
I use PS Console ...
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Powershell XML Export-csv not appending a Hash
I am fairly new to Powershell, I have rather weird xml according to me, My main objective is to convert the XML into CSV, where it ll be further used to sync to a database.
I have used the Powershell ...
