What if your PC could take care of boring tasks for you? With Windows PowerShell, it can. Here's how I use PowerShell to automate everyday repetitive tasks that I would be less keen to do otherwise.

Create a new PowerShell remote session. Select the file you want to copy. Right-click on it and select the Copy as path option. Use the Copy-Item cmdlet to start copying. To learn more about these ...

“PowerShell is a really powerful tool set,” D’Antoni said. “It can be used to do just about anything in the Windows, Azure, or even Linux/MacOS ecosystem.” D’Antoni noted that accomplishing a specific ...

An elevated PowerShell prompt will now open. You can tell it is elevated as the starting directory will be C:\Windows\System32 and the window title will be 'Administrator: Windows PowerShell'.

Native support for Secure Copy Protocol (SCP) isn't in PowerShell, but that doesn't mean it's not capable. By using a free community module called Posh-SSH, we can transfer files via SCP just as ...

For simplicity, I'll write output to the console with the name of the path of the file that gets created and the type of event. There are different types of events you can "watch," such as new files ...

You can use PowerShell scripts to automate various tasks in Windows and other operating systems, like organizing data, searching for files or fetching data from the Internet. You can't actually ...