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Questions tagged [powershell-ise]

PowerShell-ISE refers to Microsoft Windows PowerShell's Integrated Scripting Environment.

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Import and merge 2 CSV files using cmdlets in PowerShell [closed]

I am trying to import and merge columns from 2 CSV file into one using Powershell. Please look at my code and advise. I think that it is right, but I am not sure about referencing different columns ...
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How do I set Windows PowerShell ISE default theme?

Whenever I change the theme in the PowerShell ISE options on Windows 10 to Light on Light it doesn't keep it when I restart, it goes back to the default Dark on Light. How can I set/force Light on ...
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Setting explorer size in windows using the Custom Set-Window Script in Powershell

I'm trying to use the script given in this answer Setting window size and position in PowerShell 5 and 6 to set the height and size of multiple windows explorer windows. Not the internet explroer.. ...
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In Powershell, what is the difference between -Property and -ExpandProperty?

Running the cmdlets, the outputs are slightly different, and I'm just trying to understand the difference between the two cmdlets and why you would use one over the other. Example: Get-Date | Select ...
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How can I store a Powershell variable's value as a string while creating ISE submenus

I can't seem to articulate my issue well enough within the search engines to find the answer I'm looking for, so I turn to the community for help: I want to populate my Powershell ISE's menu with ...
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PowerShell ISE - Unexpected Error

I don't get the autocomplete suggestions anymore in PowerShell. In the shell itself I only get a weird little dot where the suggestion should be and when I hit CTRL - spacebar in the script pane in ...
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Powershell ISE: Closing a PowerShell Tab does not unlock a dynamically loaded .NET assembly

Please consider the following scenario. Launch Windows Powershell ISE (64 bit) Create a new PowerShell Tab Create a new PS script which loads a custom assembly by invoking [System.Reflection....
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Windows 10 and RDC Manager v2.7 missing cursor PowerShell ISE

In Windows 7 no problems. Last week had to upgrade to Windows 10. Now I my mouse cursor disappears in the PowerShell ISE in Server 2012 R2. I tried [Console]::CursorSize = 25 from another post, but ...
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Checking for a file whether it is readable and regular in powershell

I'm new to powershell and I want to check if file in readable and regular. In unix we can do it by using -f & -r. For example the following shell script function accepts filename as argument and ...
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Change PowerShell ISE Keyboard Shortcuts

Is it possible with a registry hack or another mechanism to change the default shortcuts in PowerShell ISE? I'd like to modify the debugging shortcuts to be keys that I use in other applications for ...
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How to Keep ISEModuleBrowserAddon from Disappearing in Powershell ISE?

Every time I close and re-start Powershell ISE the Module Browser disappears and I have to re-import the module. Is this just poor intended behavior? Sort of a nuisance to have to Import-Module ...
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PowerShell ISE - Wrapped Find/Replace

The find/replace of Powershell ISE doesn't wrap the search (go back to top of file after end of file) (like seen in Notepad++). Is there a setting to toggle this? Seems to be the first editor I've ...
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Is my PowerShell execution environment subtly corrupted?

I don't expect an answer, but I'm hoping for a direction. Sometimes, PowerShell ISE seems to just act, well, weird. The weirdness seems to come out of nowhere. I haven't found a way to reproduce the ...
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create a calculator with Powershell GUI

So hello guys Im trying to creat a calculator. So far I have the GUI finished. But i Need some help with the backgroundfunctions. Example: i type on the buttons 5+6. Now when i press "=" it should set ...
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Copy content of Buttons into the textbox?

So I am trying to program a simple calculator. I have a very simple question. How can I copy the content of a Button into the textbox? z.B copy Button1 with the content 1 into my TextBox This is my ...
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Very slow clipboard copy from Scripting window

I have an issue in PowerShell ISE (Windows 7) where it takes around 2-3 seconds after copying some text from the scripting area before it actually saves into the clipboard. During this time the ISE ...
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Unable run Powershell Command

This is my first foray into Powershell. When I run a Powershell script I get the following error message: PS D:\modules\setup-azure> Setup-Azure Setup-Azure : The term 'Setup-Azure' is not ...
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Deleting Duplicate files with similar names in Powershell-ISE

I have a few hundred thousand files to go through which are all sitting in one folder. I need to find and delete the duplicates. The problem is, the duplicate files only have similar names, not ...
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Powershell Script not firing

I'm pretty new to powershell but im executing the following script in PS ISE: $source = "E:\MEX_Websites\Customer_Hosting\MyFolderB\Reports\" $filter = "*.*" $fsw = New-Object System.IO....
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Reverse search in PowerShell ISE wanted

In Bash, you can reverse search your history using Ctrl-R and start typing. Is there a similar feature in Windows PowerShell ISE?
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Run and edit a Perl/Python/non-Powershell - Script in Powershell_ISE (Windows Server)

I am on a Windows Server (2012) with Powershell_ISE and befor installing additional software I wanted to edit and test a script in the Powershell_ISE (it's a better native solution than using notepad +...
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Powershell ISE cannot attach to Docker container / Windows Container

I can connect and attach to a docker container / windows container on Windows 2016 Server just fine with Powershell. But when I try the same with Powershell ISE, I get the error below. PS C:\> ...
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Can I load Powershell AD Module as another user?

I have a script that I use to automate AD and Office 365 account provisioning. Everything is working just fine. The only "problem" is that I have a regular domain account and another account which is ...
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Power Shell Script to export mailbox

I have a script its working and it is programmed to take backup for every mailbox for a month and store it to local shared drive. When I run the script it export whole database instead of specified ...
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Always Run PowerShell ISE As Admin

I have Windows 10 and run some PowerShell commands through the Outlook COM object. This requires PowerShell to be running the same level of access (running as admin or user) as Outlook. As I need ...
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PowerShell ISE open previous files

How can I configure PowerShell ISE so that it will open tabs for each file that was previously opened when I closed it? This is particularly helpful since I typically come back to work on the same ...
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How do we get statistics from a continuous ping in PowerShell?

In Windows command prompt, when you Ctrl-C out of a continuous ping, the terminal will display the statistics: Ping statistics for ::1: Packets: Sent = 6, Received = 6, Lost = 0 (0% loss), ...
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Different results between “PowerShell ISE” and “Run with PowerShell”

I have two simple one line "scripts". They check how old are certain files in a certain folders. One displays the output to the screen and the other writes the output to a text file on the desktop. ...
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Line wrapping in PowerShell ISE Console?

I sometimes write long lines of code as I am playing with things in the PowerShell ISE (v4 on Windows 8.1). I find its console window helpful in many ways, but I'm unable to figure out how to ...
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How does one start the Powershell ISE with no file open?

When I launch powershell_ise.exe, it defaults to having an open file "Untitled.ps1". Is there a mechanism to ask ISE to launch showing only the prompt? That is, at the moment when I launch Powershell ...
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Powershell ISE 3.0 Intellisense for other programming languages

I really love using Powershell ISE - something about it makes me want to work with it; everything just fits together well, and it is smooth. Also I love the way intelligent autocomplete is ...
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Can't get powershell to return where results from GCI using ACL

I'm trying to get Powershell to list files in a directory that are older than a certain date and match a certain user. I've got the below script so far which gives me all the files older than a ...
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PowerShell ISE doesn't flush stdout

I'm having a little problem when running a console program in PowerShell ISE: when the program writes out a line in portions using flush, PowerShell won't show the line until the program writes a line ...
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Unable to SSH to my virtual machine via Windows Power Shell ISE

I have a Linux VM guest running in my vmWare host that I want to access using Windows PowerShell ISE. I normally can SSH to my VM, but I cannot with Windows PowerShell ISE. When I try to do SSH to my ...
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Environment.OSVersion in PowerShell vs PowerShell ISE

Why is it that I see 2 different versions of my OS from PowerShell and PowerShell ISE? The OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter Evaluation PowerShell: version 4.0 PowerShell PS C:\> [...
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How to lock Powershell ISE console output scroll?

I'm using Powershell ISE for running some batch scripts. The outputs will be long and these programs will run for quite a some time. The problem I'm facing is I'm unable to lock the console output to ...
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How to avoid word wrap in PowerShell ISE output pane

When I execute a command that gives huge output, infact it is log of a running server, I see that PowerShell ISE output pane is automatically wrapping the text to around half of the screen width when ...
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My 'Edit' context action when right-clicking a Powershell file has disappeared

I seem to have lost the right-click Edit action for *.ps1 files which used to launch Powershell ISE. How can I get it back? I think it must have happened after I installed and uninstalled PowerGui.
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Is there a way to disable script echoing in the PowerShell ISE?

Whenever I want to test execution of my script in the PowerShell ISE, the entire script gets echoed to the console before it executes. Then, any actual output from the script gets written starting on ...