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Find the same not-installed Windows updates as the UI with PowerShell
Here is what Windows Settings shows me:
I try to get the same list using PowerShell. Here is my script
$session = New-Object -ComObject 'Microsoft.Update.Session';
$searcher = $session....
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PowerShell : how to zip directory based on file name
I have this functioning code that looks in a directory, and zips up all .PDF files it finds into a ZIP archive, and then deletes the original .PDF files:
# Get all files in the directory (non-...
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How do Saviynt runbooks and automation workflows work in real-world scenarios? [closed]
I’m currently exploring Saviynt Identity Cloud and trying to gain a deeper, practical understanding of how its runbooks, triggers, and automation capabilities work in real-world enterprise ...
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InstallShield 2025 Basic MSI - Pass Property to PowerShell deferred custom action?
For InstallShield Premier 2025 and a Basic MSI setup, can someone provide a working sample for passing a Property like TEST_ID to a PowerShell script custom action run as a Deferred in System Context.
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Flutter on Windows: "Building with plugins requires symlink support" and start ms-settings:developers not working in PowerShell
I am working on a Flutter project on Windows 11.
My Flutter version is:
Flutter 3.41.6 • channel stable • https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
Framework • revision db50e20168 (3 weeks ago) • 2026-03-...
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Loop through variable content in Powershell [duplicate]
If the contents of a variable is :
@{authAccessToken=; azureResourceManagerConnection=; env=; keyvaultName=; location=; outresourceIdDatabricks=; outworkspaceUrlDatabricks=; partnerId=; ...
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Refreshing Power BI Data within SemanticModel using ServicePrinicipal connection
I have a Power BI Report and the relevant Semantic Model that gets data from a SharePoint and Data Bricks SQL Warehouse using my credentials. Can i change the data refreshing and semantic refresh part ...
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How to run 2 commands at once, in parallel, auto-executing each command in a pane. For PowerShell but looking for a cross-platform terminal workflow
About running 2 commands at once, for example to run 2 console programs with 1 single command, in PowerShell, one way to do this is with a command in the next format, just by adding ; between each of ...
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PowerShell using PnpOnline functions
I am trying to find some documentation on the properties returned by these various PnPOnline functions. I have no problem calling them, but for example, what values can Get-PnPList actually return to ...
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Parsing error: Unable to add .ASS to .MP4 using FFMPEG and Powershell
I have an issue with adding an ASS file to MP4 file using FFMPEG in Powershell.
This is my function:
# Function to add ASS subtitles to video
function Add-Subtitles-To-Video {
param ($videoPath, $...
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Creating clickable link to text file in Powershell
I'd like to create a hyperlink to a text file in a Powershell script that'll be run in Windows terminal. I've made it work by hardcoding the link, ex. file://c:/textfile.txt but I'd like to compile ...
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Powershell can't delete file it opened
I wrote this code below. and it is throwing the error
Cannot remove item BLAHBLAH: The process cannot access the file 'BLAHBLAH' because it is being used by another process.
As SOON as the overall ...
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Right way to throw errors using $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError()
What's the right way to throw a generic error using $PSCmdlet.ThrowTerminatingError()?
My (possibly flawed) understanding is that inside an advanced function, such as one using the CmdletBinding, we ...
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Build multiple configurations in one script
I have a solution file (c# projects) that has several configurations. Each configuration sets a different target framework (from net48 to net10.0-windows). The issue is that in Visual Studio when I ...
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Identify type of command: alias, command, function
How can I identify what a command is in PowerShell? Is it a function, alias, command, or something else?
For example, the PSWindowsUpdate module seems to include a command WUList which does not ...
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