Here’s how it works. A script is a collection of instructions written to a text file (using the ".ps1" extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to run different actions.

PowerShell scripts don’t need a Shebang and use the .PS1 extension, which lets you run it from Windows Explorer like a batch file. All of the PowerShell scripts used and included here use the .PS1 ...

For the text file to be treated as a PowerShell script, its filename needs to end in .PS1 to connote a PowerShell extension. The simplest, most basic PowerShell example is a file called Datecheck ...

A Windows PowerShell script file is nothing more than a plain-text file that has a .PS1 filename extension. The "1" doesn't refer to the version of Windows PowerShell, ...

Back in 2008, I wrote a piece called PowerShell Tips and Tricks, which covered the then-relatively new Windows scripting language and some cool things you could do with it. Although PowerShell has ...

Keep your Windows sessions alive and ready with this PowerShell script Your email ... and add the .ps1 extension. Note: You should set the Save As Type field to All Files, lest Notepad save ...

PowerShell scripts are great because they can be used to do almost anything. One of the limitations to PowerShell scripts, however, is that it isn't always practical to give a script to someone ...

A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post ...