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I want to use Powershell in order to call a batch file on remote machines. This batch file has arguments. Here's what I have so far: $script = "\\fileshare\script.cmd" $server = $args[0] $args [string]::join(',',$args[1 .. ($args.count-1)]) Invoke-Command -computername $server {$script + ' ' + $args} After a bit of searching, I found that the Invoke-Command function runs its scriptblock in a whole new process, so you can't put variables in it (they won't get expanded). That's what the -ArgumentList tag is for. So I tried this instead... Invoke-Command -computername $server {\\fileshare\script

I've a powershell script which runs on server(test-server) and reads the log file of his client(DC1). Both sides can ping to each other. On both sides, firewalls are disabled. Remote Desktop and Remote Assistance are enabled on DC1. Get-EventLog System -ComputerName test-server -Source Microsoft-Windows-Winlogon # WORKS Get-EventLog System -ComputerName DC1 -Source Microsoft-Windows-Winlogon # DOESN'T WORK I run this script on test-server. As you see when I read the local log file on test-server it works fine but if I try to read the log file of DC1 remotely I get the error " Get-EventLog :

I am trying to perform some simple if statements, but all of the newer cmdlets that are based upon [Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimInstance] don't seem to expose a .count method? $Disks = Get-Disk $Disks.Count Doesn't return anything. I found that I can cast this as an [array], which makes it returns a .NET .count method as expected. [Array]$Disks = Get-Disk $Disks.Count This works without directly casting it as an array for previous cmdlets: (Get-Services).Count What is the recommended way to get around this? An example that doesn't work: $PageDisk = Get-Disk | Where {($_.IsBoot -eq

I'm learning some PowerShell. Is it possible to see the source code for a built-in cmdlet like Get-ChildItem ? halr9000 Actually, your best bet is to go check out PowerShell Community Extensions . This open source software community project is "aimed at providing a widely useful set of additional cmdlets...". The developers on the project are PowerShell MVPs and know their stuff. As far as using reflection on the existing PowerShell cmdlets, PowerShell MVP Oisin Grehan made a handy function titled " Reflect-Cmdlet ". I won't steal his code and place it here, but basically what you do is: Get

I have a PowerShell script cmdlet that supports the -WhatIf & -Confirm parameters. It does this by calling the $PSCmdlet.ShouldProcess() method before performing the change. This works as expected. The problem I have is that my Cmdlet is implemented by calling other Cmdlets and the -WhatIf or -Confirm parameters are not passed along to the Cmdlets I invoke. How can I pass along the values of -WhatIf and -Confirm to the Cmdlets I call from my Cmdlet? For example, if my Cmdlet is Stop-CompanyXyzServices and it uses Stop-Service to implement its action. If -WhatIf is passed to Stop

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

The only ways I know to connect to a remote runspace include the following parameters WSManConnectionInfo connectionInfo = new WSManConnectionInfo(false, "localhost", 80, "/Powershell", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.Exchange", credential); or WSManConnectionInfo connectionInfo = new WSManConnectionInfo(false, "localhost", 5985, "/wsman", "http://schemas.microsoft.com/powershell/Microsoft.Powershell", credential); How do I set up my own custom Powershell object so I can expose it through HTTP? What are the correct parameters to use and how do I set them up? There are