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is it possible to open a explorer window from powershell and store the path selected in the explorer, to a variable? to open explorer window from powershell PS C:> explorer Maybe this script is what you want: Function Select-FolderDialog { param([string]$Description="Select Folder",[string]$RootFolder="Desktop") [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("System.windows.forms") | Out-Null $objForm = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog $objForm.Rootfolder = $RootFolder $objForm.Description = $Description $Show = $objForm.ShowDialog() If ($Show -eq "OK") { Return $objForm

I want to set value of nested object property using PowerShell. When you are trying to set the value of the first level properties, it's quiet simple: $propertyName = "someProperty" $obj.$propertyName = "someValue" # ← It works For nested properties, it doesn't work: $propertyName = "someProperty.someNestedProperty" $obj.$propertyName = "someValue" # ← It doesn't work and raises an error. How to set value of nested object property by name of property using PowerShell? MCVE For those who want to reproduce the problem, here is a simple example: $Obj= ConvertFrom-Json '{ "A": "x", "B": {"C": "y"}

I'm trying to run PowerShell scripts from my C# code, that will use custom Cmdlets from the assembly that runs them. Here is the code: using System; using System.Management.Automation; [Cmdlet(VerbsCommon.Get,"Hello")] public class GetHelloCommand:Cmdlet { protected override void EndProcessing() { WriteObject("Hello",true); } } class MainClass { public static void Main(string[] args) { PowerShell powerShell=PowerShell.Create(); powerShell.AddCommand("Get-Hello"); foreach(string str in powerShell.AddCommand("Out-String").Invoke<string>()) Console.WriteLine(str); } } When I try to run it, I get

By default, any named function that has the [CmdletBinding()] attribute accepts -debug and -verbose (and a few others) parameters and has predefined $debug and $verbose variables. What I'm trying to figure out is how to pass them on to other cmdlet's that that get called within the function. Let's say I have a cmdlet like this: function DoStuff() { [CmdletBinding()] PROCESS { new-item Test -type Directory } } if -debug or -verbose was passed into my function I want to pass that flag into the new-item cmdlet. What's the right pattern for doing this? Roman Kuzmin Perhaps it sounds strange but

This should be a simple task but I have seen several attempts on how to get the path to the directory where the executed cmdlet is located with mixed success. For instance when I execute c:\temp\myscripts\mycmdlet.ps1 which has a settings file at c:\temp\myscripts\settings.xml I would like to be able to store c:\temp\myscripts in a variable within mycmdlet.ps1 . This is one solution which works (although a bit cumbersome): $invocation = (Get-Variable MyInvocation).Value $directorypath = Split-Path $invocation.MyCommand.Path $settingspath = $directorypath + '\settings.xml' Another one suggested