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Problems in reading a commandline json object using powershell

I have a powershell script "test.ps1" which takes a json string as a command line input & tries to parse it. The powershell script is as below - param( [string]$json = $(throw 'test') ) ...
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powershell share permisssion level on a folder

Have some problems with setting share permissions to folder. Cant understand in which mode to set permission to a User Domain\User NET SHARE testfolder=C:\test /GRANT:Everyone,FULL set NTFS ...
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changing the system time format on windows 7

Well I am looking for a method to change the default windows 7 time format for a system. So if a system uses like 10PM or 10 AM as default time notation, then i like to change that system to 10:00 or ...
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Why does Get-ChildItem -Filter include results which seemingly violate the filter?

I'm listing the filtered contents of a directory, and I would expect that a filter of "2007*" would retrieve everything present which begins with the digits 2007. However I also get results returned ...
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How to execute PowerShell script against all CSV files in a directory?

I have a script below that I want to execute against all .csv files in a directory. I know I can use Get-ChildItems, but how to filter it for only .csv files in .\ and execute my script? import-csv ...
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Powershell: how to remove multiple & directories with exceptions?

The Setup I have a folder structure that looks like: C:\RootFolder \file1.txt \file2.txt \license.txt \Settings \fileA.txt ...
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Read Json Object in Powershell 2.0

I am using Powershell 2.0 (cannot make an upgarde to V3.0 as of now) & I want to read the below Json object. "{\"DevResults\":[{\"TechnologyName\":\"AD\",\"RuleName\":\"SOA account (user ...
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Disabled ActiveDirectory Users from specific date with exclude list

i wrote a script that gonna disabled old users... and i need to do an exclude list to it... the exclude list should be .csv, with 3 columns "Name","SamaccountName","Reason"... i'm kind of stuck with ...
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Powershell Import-Module fails with DllNotFoundException

Trying to use http://powershellgac.codeplex.com on another computer with powershell 2.0, using it successfully in powershell 3.0 on my main pc but shows this on the other pc: Get-Module ...
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remote task scheduling on windows 8

I am trying to schedule a task on windows 8 machine remotely from a windows 7 machine. I am executing the following command in powershell : schtasks /S "WIN8MACHINE" /U "Administrator" /P "PASSWORD" ...
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Powershell - How to use result of one WMI query in another WMI query?

Trying to list the user permissions of shares on a server, where the share's path has a common file path element in it. I have a script that successfully uses the Win32_LogicalShareSecuritySetting ...
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How to prevent ADODB.Connection pooling?

I'm using Powershell v2.0, question is in the title. I'm having to use the old school ADOB.Connection (not the OLEDB provider) to open a Jet DB file (.mdb). The reason is simple, the ...
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I don't understand why Select-String isn't matching this

$lines = '<string>D:\home\bob\utility.mdb</string>' [String[]]$varr = $lines | Select-String -AllMatches -Pattern "<string>*.mdb" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Matches | ...
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Extend PowerShell to search/replace and perform on all files in directory?

I have a PowerShell script that converts a CSV file to JSON. I would like to do a search/replace on the JSON file after for "NULL" to null. Also do to run this script against all CSV files in the ...
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read file into line delimeted array

Powershell 2.0, using the 32-bit version. I'm running it via the PowerGUI Script Editor. Everything online seems to think that Get-Content returns the file as an array, however. $lines = ...

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