Hi
Does anyone know how to create a link in an html file to send an Outlook email.
I'm trying to create a link in a report so the user can just click on the link to send an email.
Thanks
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Send an email from link
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Parse a text file
Hi Guys,
I have to parse a text file with recurring informations from different items. Looking like this.
Slot #1
Servername: SRV00001
Type: Blade
Model: Dell
Slot #2
Servername: SRV00002
Type: RackMounted
Model: HP
Slot #3
Info: No Server Installed
Slot #4 .....
What I like to have is a table looking like this:
Slot Servername Type
1 SRV00001 Blade
2 SRV00002 RackMounted
3 NoServerInstalled
4 ....
I'm thinking about using an array to fill in this informations, but I didn't find a way so far to loop for every serer slot. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Thomas
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View installed updates.
Hi,
In powershell is there any cmdlet or any other way to list all the installed updates on a windows 7 PC.
I have tried Get-Hotfix but it not giving the total list of updates installed on a PC.
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Check a valid DATE format
Hi,
I tiring to check if the user input is valid DATE format DD/MM/YYYY and it's not NULL,
I tried to use "TryParseExact" command but I get error:
"TryParseExact : Cannot find an overload for "TryParseExact" and the argument count: "2".
what is the best way to do it?
Thanks
Lior
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Best way to install roles and features in server 2008 r2
Hi All,
I want to install below roles in server 2008 r2. I use import-module servermanager, add-windows feature myroles_and_features. Here are the roles and features:
gpmc,Web-Server,Web-Common-Http,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Mgmt-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Scripting-Tools,Web-Mgmt-Service,Web-Mgmt-Compat,Web-Metabase,Web-WMI,Web-Lgcy-Scripting,Web-Lgcy-Mgmt-Console,RDS-RD-Server,RDS-Licensing,NET-Framework, NET-Framework-Core, Application-Server.
What is the best way to install all these roles with the add-windows feature command. Because I think some of the above roles might need a restart. For example, if I execute all the above roles at a time, It throws me an error saying application-server is not installed. So, I am executing all the above roles except application-server role, then reboot and then install application-server role. Hence I want to know what is the best way to install all the above roles.
Chaitanya.
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reading values from xml
</TaskHeader>
<TaskDetails>
<Item MailboxName="lior test">
<Source>
<Identity>ysds.co.il/Users OU's/HQ/Marketing/lior test</Identity>
<DistinguishName>CN=lior test,OU=Marketing,OU=HQ,OU=Users OU's,DC=ysds,DC=co,DC=il</DistinguishName>
<DisplayName>lior test</DisplayName>
<Alias>liortest</Alias>
<LegacyExchangeDN>/o=Services LTD/ou=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT)/cn=Recipients/cn=liortest</LegacyExchangeDN>
<PrimarySmtpAddress>ltest@ysds.co.il</PrimarySmtpAddress>
<SourceServer>MAILSTORE.ysds.co.il</SourceServer>
<SourceDatabase>mailstore\SG6\MS6</SourceDatabase>
<IsResourceMailbox>False</IsResourceMailbox>
<SourceGlobalCatalog>DCHQ1</SourceGlobalCatalog>
</Source>
<MailboxSize>2705KB</MailboxSize>
<Duration>00:00:00</Duration>
<Result IsWarning="False" ErrorCode="0">Messages have been deleted from the source mailbox.</Result>
</Item>
</TaskDetails>
<TaskFooter>
<EndTime>06/06/2013 16:45:05</EndTime>
<TotalSize>2705KB</TotalSize>
<StandardMessagesDeleted>3</StandardMessagesDeleted>
<AssociatedMessagesDeleted>0</AssociatedMessagesDeleted>
<DumpsterMessagesDeleted>80</DumpsterMessagesDeleted>
<Result ErrorCount="0" CompletedCount="1" WarningCount="0" />
</TaskFooter>
</export-Mailbox>
I need to read the following values:
<Alias>
<StandardMessagesDeleted>
and send them to txt file: <Alias>, <StandardMessagesDeleted>
what the best way to do it?
Thanks
Lior
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List the ARP(Add or Remove Program) entries.
Is there any cmdlet or any other way through powershell to get the ouput of what ARP display?
Puneeth.
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Replacing part of a element in an Array
Hello
I woundered if someone could please give me some advice on the following.
Is there an easier way to achieve the following
$b = $null
$A = "AXA","BZB","CYC"
foreach ($element in $A)
{
switch -wildcard ($element)
{ "*X*" {$element = $element -replace "X","T";continue} }
[array]$b += $element
}
$A = $B
So basically I am looking for any element in Array $A which contains an "X" character and if seen replace the X with a T and put the results in Array B, so $B looks like this
ATA
BZB
CYC
Then, $A = $B makes $A the same as $B (e.g. my X has been replaced with T)
I was thinking may be I could use the $A -Contains operator using a wildcard or regex statement e.g. $A -contains *X* no joy.
I just wondered if there was a simpler way
Thanks All
Ernie
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Very Old FTP, Need Password Encripted
We have a very very very old mainframe here and the FTP that can pull from it is also old and I need to pull a couple of files from it on a daily basis using PowerShell (PS.) This is not a problem, it’s very easy. The problem is I can’t encrypt the password because the only way I can figure out how to get the files is to have PS call a text file that fills in the FTP info.
ftp -s:C:\POWERSHELL\LIVESCRIPTS\FTP.txt
The text file simply has…
open 123.456.78.90
AccountName
Password123
get 'taz.arc.tape.daily' E:\DAILY\DAILY1\DAILY
quit
Note that the target is ‘taz.arc.tape.daily’ and has periods instead of backslashes. This is because there really is not a path, the full file name is ‘taz.arc.tape.daily’ but when I pull it down it becomes simply ‘daily’
This opens the FTP, logs on and pulls the file from the FTP to the location I want and closes the FTP. It works perfectly except the fact that anybody can open the text file and see the password. I know how to encrypt the password in PS but what I need to know is… Ether how to encrypt the password in the text file or how to have the password be a variable in PS that can be used at that spot in the text file.
One solution I came up with is to have PS make the text file and delete it at the end of the script. This is not perfect because somebody could grab the text file before PS has the chance to delete it. It is at least making it harder for someone to get the password but I would like it to be a lot more secure than that.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you, -Dan
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Question about -Split
$String = @("asdf asdf hijk Database:001 asdf:45545 asdf asdf:4554 Database:101 hijk"
"asdf asdf hijk Database:301 asdf asdf asdf asdf:4545 asdf asdf Database:011 hijk ")
Select-String -InputObject $String -Pattern 'Database:\d+' -AllMatches | %{$_.Matches} | %{$_.Value -split ':'}
I am a using above code as a part of a script..
Select-String -InputObject $String -Pattern 'Database:\d+' -AllMatches | %{$_.Matches -split ':'}
# and this
Select-String -InputObject $String -Pattern 'Database:\d+' -AllMatches | %{$_.Matches.Value -split ':'}
Show the same result.
My question is how -split works on the object $_.Matches. I am looking for a technical explanation...
Is it taking the property values by default? if yes why -split took the Property VALUE to process? any reason?
In the following example -split uses Name property and process it.. how does it decide which property to process?
$Service = Get-Service
$Service -split "SV"
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not finding new-symlink cmdlet error
I have installed:
- powershell 3.0 on my server 2008 R2 server
- the corresponding v3.0 pscx community extension module which includes the new-symlink cmdlet
I'm running a powershell script under a service. When the service runs the script, I get the message:
New-Symlink : The term 'New-Symlink' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
If I run the script through the PowerShell ISE it runs ok. I'm assuming that the module sis not loading properly. How do I get the module to load properly when the script runs as a service?
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Call a 2nd PS, as another user and bring back paramters
Hi
I'm new to PS, but not scripting in general and am trying to create a script to automate our Win7 build process.
For various reasons, the machine will be built off the domain, then join itself to an existing machine account at the end.
In order to get the right set of applications installed, the machine account is added to an AD group when created and this info will need to be pulled back to call the applications.
During the build, the machine gets logged on as a local user with admin rights which has no access to the domain.
Now we come to the issue I am having...
I can get the PS1 to call PS2 one and pull back the required parameters, but only while logged on with a domain account.
The PS1 is as follows with some options I've tried commented out:
#Invoke-Command -FilePath R:\PostBuild\OUInfo.ps1#Invoke-Command -Credential $strCred -ScriptBlock {$strOU, $strCompName = & "R:\PostBuild\OUInfo.ps1"}$strOU, $strCompName = & "R:\PostBuild\OUInfo.ps1" -Credential $strCred
There is a working command above this to set $strCred - I know this works as it has been copied from a working PS.
When I try either of the Invoke-Command lines, I just get the following error:
Invoke-Command : Parameter set cannot be resolved using the specified named parameters. At R:\PostBuild\PostBuild.ps1:10 char:15 + Invoke-Command <<<< -FilePath R:\PostBuild\OUInfo.ps1 + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Invoke-Command], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : AmbiguousParameterSet,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeCommandCommand
But the line not using Invoke-Command works while run as a network user but doesn't use the credentials provided and thus falls over when run as a local user.
Sorry if I've been a bit ambiguous here, I may not be explaining myself properly
Does anyone know of a way to do what I need to do?
Thanks in advance
Matt
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Printing to TIFF Conversion then verifying file has printed.
Have a script:
Function Printfiles{
param ($dirfiles, $log)
foreach ($file in $dirfiles){
#Printing each file in Blackice Dir
$file | Out-Printer
}
}
Function ValidatePrinted{
param ($dirfiles, $Efile)
$TiffDir = ""
foreach ($file in $dirfiles){
#Converting to string to change extension
$extension = Get-ChildItem $file.Name | %{$_.Extension}
$filest = [string]$file.name
[string] $Vfile = $filest.replace($extension, ".tiff")
#checking if file printed.
if (Test-Path $TiffDir\$Vfile ){
#File Printed
"$Vfile exists" >> $log
} Else {
#File did not print
"$Vfile does not exist" >> $log
#adding to do not delete file
$Vfile >> $Efile
#Sending to Event Viewer
Write-EventLog -LogName Application -Source BlackIcePrint -EventId 1000 -EntryType Error -Message "Did not convert $Vfile."
#Emailing error
EmailError $Vfile
}
}
}
My issue is that periodically when this runs it is hitting the validate routine and the files are still queued up and printing. This is a file conversion versus physical printer.
My thought was to modify this script to do something like this, but since I did not write the original script but inherited it I am at my learning curve trying to figure this out...but I think I would like to do something like this
Function PrintAndValidateFiles{
foreach ($file in $dirfiles){
$file | Out-Printer - Wait #I want it to wait here until file is printed before continue
#Waits until file is printed(converted)
$extension = Get-ChildItem $file.Name | %{$_.Extension}
$filest = [string]$file.name
[string] $Vfile = $filest.replace($extension, ".tiff")
#Is File Printed?
if (Test-Path $TiffDir\$Vfile ){
#File Printed
"$Vfile exists" >> $log
} Else {
#File did not print
"$Vfile does not exist" >> $log
#adding to do not delete file
$Vfile >> $Efile
#Sending to Event Viewer
Write-EventLog -LogName Application -Source BlackIcePrint -EventId 1000 -EntryType Error -Message "Did not convert $Vfile."
#Emailing error
EmailError $Vfile
}
}
}
I believe it should all work correctly if I can just figure out the -Wait portion to make the script stop executing until after the printing is done then validate the TIFF file is there.
Any suggestions, pointers or help to a newbie would be greately appreciated.
Steven
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Call Powershell script from VBA using Shell() function
Hello,
I'm trying to pull a path string variable from the following VBA code into a PS script:
:VBA CODE:
Shell("powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File <pathname>\Convert_To_Tab_Delimited.ps1 -path """& pathVariable &"""",1)
:END OF VBA CODE:
I then have the string variable parameter set as a param in the PS script:
:PS CODE:
param([String]$FileToOpen)
gc $FileToOpen| % { $_ -replace ' +',"`t" } | set-content "<my path>\temp.txt"
:END OF PS CODE:
I am using full paths outside of the path variable. Does anyone have any ideas?
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Emulating Bash / GNU Readline with PowerShell 3.0
This is a module that takes advantage of a new hook added to PowerShell 3.0 that allows you to completely take over the readline API. To do so, you must define a function like:
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Automating Website Creation with PowerShell v3
I will be the first to admit that I am not a scripting pro. Matter of fact, I am pretty much a novice at it. Recently, I stumbled across a PowerShell script that creates a website, populates it with default text page, and launches IE to test the page. This script was written for PowerShell v2. I have thought about the script a few times and decided to sit down and port it over to PowerShell v3. All I can say is I am glad I did. Using the ISE, Integrated Scripting Environment, for PowerShell v3 made me feel like a real scripter.
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Organize Your Scripts with PowerShell ISE 3
The new version of the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment offers a number of features that I think will make it easier for script development. One of my favorites is code collapsing or regions. This is especially useful for really long blocks of code. The ISE automagically gives you this feature. Let's say you have code like this:
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A Better View of PowerShell Help
I am always telling students and IT Pros I run across in forums, to get in the habit of reading PowerShell help. There is a wealth of valuable information right at your fingertips. The help documentation is structured and well written, a few formatting quibbles aside.
In PowerShell 3 there is a hidden help feature I think you'll like. I say hidden because I think most people won't read the help to discover it! So I'll get you started.
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TrainSignal Releases PowerShell 3.0 New Features Training
TrainSignal, the global leader in professional computer training, announced the release of their PowerShell v3 New Features training.
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Bootable USB Drive Using Powershell
How to make a USB flash drive bootable and to copy an operating system ISO using Powershell v3 on Windows 8.
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