Set-WmiRegistryBinaryValue

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script sets a registry binary value 
4.     using WMI. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script uses WMI to set a binary  
7.     registry Value. 
8.     This is a re-write of a VB Sample Script. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Set-WmiRegistryBinaryValue.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394600%28VS.85%29.aspx 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh[C:\foo]>New-WmiRegistryBinaryValue.ps1 
20.     Value created 
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Define Constants 
24. $HKEY_Local_Machine =2147483650  
25. $computer ='.' 
26.  
27. # Get Class to call static methods on 
28. $reg = [WMIClass]"ROOT\DEFAULT:StdRegProv" 
29.  
30. # Define key to create 
31. $ValueName = "Example Binary Value" 
32. $Values     = @(0x54, 0x46, 0x4C) 
33. $Key       = "SOFTWARE\NewKey" 
34.  
35. # Create Value entry 
36. $results   = $reg.SetBinaryValue($HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, $Key, $ValueName, $Values) 
37. If ($results.Returnvalue -eq 0) {"Value Set"}  

Technorati Tags: Wmi,StdRegProv,PowerShell,SetBinaryValue

New-WmiRegistryValue.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates a new registry Value using WMI. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses WMI to get create a new registry Value. 
6.     This is a re-write of a VB Sample Script 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : New-RegistryKey.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
14.     MSDN sample posted to: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394600%28VS.85%29.aspx 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     Psh[C:\foo]>New-WmiRegistryValue.ps1 
18.     Value created 
19. #> 
20.  
21. # Define Constants 
22. $HKEY_Local_Machine =2147483650  
23. $computer ='.' 
24.  
25. # Get Class to call static methods on 
26. $reg = [WMIClass]"ROOT\DEFAULT:StdRegProv" 
27.  
28. # Define key to create 
29. $ValueName = "Example_Expanded_String_Value" 
30. $Value     = "%PATHEXT%" 
31. $Key       = "SOFTWARE\NewKey" 
32.  
33. # Create Value entry 
34. $results   = $reg.SetExpandedStringValue($HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, $Key, $ValueName, $Value) 
35. If ($results.Returnvalue -eq 0) {"Value created"}  

Technorati Tags: SetExpandedStringValue,WMI,Code,POwerShell,StdregProv

Set-WmiMultiStringValue.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script sets a registry binary value 
4.     using WMI. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script uses WMI to set a multistring 
7.     registry Value. 
8.     This is a re-write of a VB Sample Script. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Set-WmiRegistryMultiStringValue.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394600%28VS.85%29.aspx 
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh[C:\foo]>Set-MultiStringValue.ps1 
20.     Value created 
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Define Constants 
24. $HKEY_Local_Machine =2147483650  
25. $computer ='.' 
26.  
27. # Get Class to call static methods on 
28. $reg = [WMIClass]"ROOT\DEFAULT:StdRegProv" 
29.  
30. # Define key to create 
31. $Key       = "SOFTWARE\NewKey" 
32. $ValueName = "Example MultiString Value" 
33. $Values     = @("Thomas", "Susan", "Rebecca") 
34. $Key       = "SOFTWARE\NewKey" 
35.  
36. # Create Value entry 
37. $results   = $reg.SetMultiStringValue($HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, $Key, $ValueName, $Values) 
38. If ($results.Returnvalue -eq 0) {"Value Set"}  

New-WmiRegistryKey.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script creates a new registry key using WMI. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses WMI to get create a new registry key. 
6.     This is a re-write of a VB Sample Script 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : New-RegistryKey.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINK 
12.     This script posted to: 
13.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
14.     MSDN sample posted to: 
15.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394600%28VS.85%29.aspx 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.     Psh[C:\foo]>New-WMIRegistryKey.ps1 
18.     Key created 
19. #> 
20.  
21. # Define Constants 
22. $HKEY_Local_Machine =2147483650  
23. $computer ='.' 
24.  
25. # Get Class to call static methods on 
26. $reg = [WMIClass]"ROOT\DEFAULT:StdRegProv" 
27.  
28. # Define key to create 
29. $Key     = "SOFTWARE\NewKey" 
30.  
31. # Create key and display reslts 
32. $results   = $reg.CreateKey($HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, $Key) 
33. If ($results.Returnvalue -eq 0) {"Key created"}  

Technorati Tags: PowerShell,Wmi,StdRegProv,CreateKey

Get-WmiRegDword.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script gets a registry value using WMI. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses WMI to get then display a resistry value, using  
6.     the SteRegProv class and the GetDWORDValue static method. 
7.     This is a re-write of a VB Sample Script 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-WMIRegDword.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted to: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa394600%28VS.85%29.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh[C:\foo]>Get-WmiRegDword.ps1 
19. Current History Buffer Size: 50 
20.      
21. #> 
22.  
23. # Define Constants 
24. $HKEY_CURRENT_USER =2147483649   
25. $computer ='.' 
26.  
27. # Get Class to call static methods on 
28. $reg = [WMIClass]"ROOT\DEFAULT:StdRegProv" 
29.  
30. #defind key/value to get  
31. $Key     = "Console" 
32. $Value   = "HistoryBufferSize" 
33.  
34. # Get Value of buffer and display 
35. $results   = $reg.GetDWORDValue($HKEY_CURRENT_USER, $Key, $value) 
36. "Current History Buffer Size: {0}" -f $results.uValue 

Technorati Tags: PowerShell,WMI,Code,StdRegProv

Show-MajorPart.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the Major part of the version number 
4.     of file version object. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script 
7.     that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get 
8.     the major part of the version number of the file. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Show-MajorPart.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2011/08/show-majorpartps1.html 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.filemajorpart.aspx   
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh> .\Show-MajorPart.ps1 
20.     File Major Part for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: 6             
21. #> 
22. # Set filename 
23. $File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe" 
24.  
25. #Get Version information for this file 
26. $myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File) 
27.  
28. # Print the Build details name 
29. "File Major Part for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileMajorPart 

Technorati Tags: PowerShell,Code,Sample,System.Diagnostics.FileVerionInfo,FileMajorPart

Show-MinorPart.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script shows the Minor part of the version number 
4.     of file version object. 
5. .DESCRIPTION 
6.     This script is a re-implementation of an MSDN Sample script 
7.     that uses System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo to get 
8.     the mainor part of the version number of the file. 
9. .NOTES 
10.     File Name  : Show-MinorPart.ps1 
11.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
12.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
13. .LINK 
14.     This script posted to: 
15.         http://http://pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16.     MSDN sample posted to: 
17.          http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.fileversioninfo.FileMinorpart.aspx  
18. .EXAMPLE 
19.     Psh> .\Show-MinorPart.ps1 
20.     File Major Part for C:\Windows\system32\Notepad.exe is: 0             
21. #> 
22. # Set filename 
23. $File = [System.Environment]::SystemDirectory + "\Notepad.exe" 
24.  
25. #Get Version information for this file 
26. $myFileVersionInfo = [System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo]::GetVersionInfo($File) 
27.  
28. # Print the Build details name 
29. "File Minor Part for {0} is: {1}"  -f $file,$myFileVersionInfo.FileMinorPart 

Technorati Tags: System.Diagnostics.FileVersionInfo,MinorPart,PowerShell,scripts,code

Get-ParsedInteger.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.     This script parses several strings into integers, where possible.  
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.     This script uses the TryParse method on [Int32] to attempt 
6.     to parse a string into a number and writes the results. This script 
7.     is a recoded MSDN sample using PowerShell 
8. .NOTES 
9.     File Name  : Get-ParsedInt32.ps1 
10.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
11.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
12. .LINK 
13.     This script posted to: 
14.         http://www.pshscripts.blogspot.com 
15.     MSDN sample posted tot: 
16.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/f02979c7.aspx 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.     Psh[C:\foo]> .\get-parsedinteger.ps1 
19. Attempted conversion of '' failed. 
20. Converted '160519' to 160519. 
21. Attempted conversion of '9432.0' failed. 
22. Attempted conversion of '16,667' failed. 
23. Converted '   -322   ' to -322. 
24. Converted '+4302' to 4302. 
25. Attempted conversion of '(100);' failed. 
26. Attempted conversion of '01FA' failed.     
27. #> 
28.  
29. # Define function to parse a string to integer 
30. Function TryToParse { 
31. # Parameter to parse into a number 
32. Param ([string] $value) 
33. # Define $number and try the parse 
34. [int] $number = 0 
35. $result = [System.Int32]::TryParse($value, [ref] $number); 
36. if ($result)  { 
37.       "Converted '{0}' to {1}." -f $value, $number  
38.               } 
39.       else    { 
40.         if ($value -eq $null) {$value = ""}  
41.        "Attempted conversion of '{0}' failed." -f $value 
42.               } 
43. } 
44.  
45. # Now call the function to see if the string will parse 
46. TryToParse($null) 
47. TryToParse("160519"); 
48. TryToParse("9432.0"); 
49. TryToParse("16,667"); 
50. TryToParse("   -322   "); 
51. TryToParse("+4302"); 
52. TryToParse("(100);"); 
53. TryToParse("01FA"); 

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New-Credential.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.    A function to create a credential object from script. 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.    Enables you to create a credential objects from stored details. 
6. .NOTES 
7.     File Name  : New-Credential.ps1 
8.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
9.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
10. .LINK 
11.     This script posted to: 
12.         http://pshscripts.blogspot.com/2011/03/new-credentialps1.html 
13. .PARAMETER UserId 
14.    The userid in the form of "domain\user" 
15. .PARAMETER Password 
16.    The password for this user 
17. .EXAMPLE 
18.    New-Credential contoso\administrator  Pa$$w0rd 
19. #> 
20.  
21. function New-Credential { 
22. param ( 
23. [string] $Userid, 
24. [string] $Pwd 
25. ) 
26. # Create the credential 
27. $spwd = ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $pwd -Force  
28. $cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential $userid,$spwd 
29. # Now return it to the caller 
30. return $cred 
31. } 
32.  
33. # Call the function to demostrate example 
34. New-Credential "contoso\administrator" "Pa$$w0rd" 

Technorati Tags: PowerShell,credential,security

New-Shortcut.ps1

1. <# 
2. .SYNOPSIS 
3.    This script creates a shortcut to Notepad on the Desktop 
4. .DESCRIPTION 
5.    This script creates a Wscript.shell item, then creates  
6.    a shortcut on the desktop to Notepad.exe. 
7. .NOTES 
8.     File Name  : New-Shortcut.ps1 
9.     Author     : Thomas Lee - tfl@psp.co.uk 
10.     Requires   : PowerShell Version 2.0 
11. .LINKS 
12.     This post is a re-implementation of an MSDN Script 
13.         http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/0ea7b5xe%28VS.85%29.aspx 
14.     Posted to Powershell Scripts Blog 
15.         HTTP://Pshscripts.blogspot.com 
16. .EXAMPLE 
17.    Left as an exercise for the reader 
18. #> 
19.  
20. # create wscript object 
21. $WshShell = New-Object -com Wscript.Shell 
22.  
23. #Get Desktop location 
24. $Desktop  = $WshShell.SpecialFolders.item("Desktop") 
25.  
26. # create a new shortcut 
27. $ShellLink                  = $WshShell.CreateShortcut($Desktop + "\Shortcut Script.lnk") 
28. $ShellLink.TargetPath       = $WScript.ScriptFullName 
29. $ShellLink.WindowStyle      = 1 
30. $ShellLink.Hotkey           = "CTRL+SHIFT+F" 
31. $ShellLink.IconLocation     = "notepad.exe, 0" 
32. $ShellLink.Description      = "Shortcut Script" 
33. $ShellLink.WorkingDirectory = $Desktop 
34.  
35. #Save the link to the desktop 
36. $ShellLink.Save() 

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