It isn’t an uncommon scenario. The obvious answer is to create an archive — a zip or tar file, maybe — and include a shell script that you have to tell the user to run after unpacking.

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.

Windows uses script files to run a lot of programs in Windows. Many of them are set to run as soon as you log in to the computer, while others could be based on a trigger. That said, usually ...

But what if you could compile the script into an executable file? That might make script sharing more practical. I have often pondered the idea of compiling some of my more elaborate PowerShell ...

A batch file refers to those text files that usually end with a ".bat" extension that contains multiple commands that the system can run in sequence from the Command Prompt to perform different tasks.

Today’s piece shows how to automate a well-known Windows open source SFTP client using script files. Checking this option helps to simplify WinSCP scripts and batch files — this is because the ...