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martin77s / Send-RemoteToastNotification.ps1
Created June 15, 2019 18:52
Send toast notification to a remote computer
PARAM(
$RemoteComputer = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
$Sender,
$Message = (Get-Date),
$ImageFile
)
function New-ToastNotification {
param($Sender, $Message, $ImageBase64)
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martin77s / New-Share.ps1
Created February 15, 2018 08:35
Create a new share with specific permissions
function New-Share {
param(
[string] $ComputerName = $env:COMPUTERNAME,
[string] $Path = 'C:\Temp',
[string] $ShareName = 'Temp',
[string] $AccountName = 'Domain Users',
[ValidateSet('FullControl', 'Change','Read')] $AccessPermissions = 'Read',
[string] $ShareDescription
)
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martin77s / PowerShellFromBatch.cmd
Last active April 4, 2021 13:35
Embed PowerShell code in a batch file
@ECHO off
@setlocal EnableDelayedExpansion
@goto label1
@echo this lines should not be printed
@echo and this whole block (lines 4-8) can actually be removed
@echo I added these just for Charlie22911
@:label1
@set LF=^
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martin77s / DscWithWinRmDisabled.ps1
Last active August 17, 2020 13:55
Using DSC with the WinRM service disabled
#region ### BUILD THE CONFIGURATION ###
# Declare the configuration:
Configuration TestDscWithoutWinRm {
Import-DscResource –ModuleName PSDesiredStateConfiguration
node localhost {
File akada {
Ensure = 'Present'
Type = 'File'
Contents = 'Martin was here!'
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martin77s / Disable-Scripting.FileSystemObject.ps1
Last active February 12, 2020 18:29
Disabling the Scripting.FileSystemObject ComObject (When you get the 0x8002801c error)
#region Helper functions
function Set-Ownership {
[CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $false)]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()]
[string]$Path,
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
[ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [ValidatePattern('(\w+)\\(\w+)')]
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martin77s / Get-AzVmSizesByLocation.ps1
Last active April 8, 2019 11:32
Get the VM sizes available by location (region)
function Get-AzVmSizesByLocation {
[CmdletBinding()]
param($LocationFilter = '*')
Write-Verbose -Message 'Getting all locations with the vmSizes providers'
$locations = Get-AzResourceProvider |
Where-Object { $_.ResourceTypes.ResourceTypeName -contains 'locations/vmSizes' } |
Select-Object -ExpandProperty Locations
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martin77s / Remove-Profile.ps1
Last active October 22, 2018 09:32
Remove Profiles from a local or remote computer
#requires -version 3
function Remove-Profile {
param(
[string[]]$ComputerName = $env:ComputerName,
[pscredential]$Credential = $null,
[string[]]$Name,
[ValidateRange(0,365)][int]$DaysOld = 0,
[string[]]$Exclude,
[switch]$IgnoreLastUseTime,
[switch]$Remove
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martin77s / Add-ExtendedAttribute.ps1
Created September 14, 2018 14:37
Add-ExtendedAttribute
function Add-ExtendedAttribute {
[CmdletBinding()]
param(
[Parameter(Mandatory = $true,
ValueFromPipeline = $true,
ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true)]
[Alias(‘FullName’, ‘PSPath’)]
[string[]]$Path,
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martin77s / Remove-AzureRMHybridConnection.ps1
Last active August 28, 2018 19:02
Select and remove Azure Hybrid Connection objects from all namespaces in all resource groups
# Login to Azure
Login-AzureRmAccount
# Select a specific subscription for the context
Get-AzureRmSubscription | Out-GridView -PassThru -Title 'Select Subscription' | Select-AzureRmSubscription
# Get all the Hybrid Connections from all namespaces in all resource groups
$hybridConnections = Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceType Microsoft.Relay/namespaces | ForEach-Object {
$resourceGroupName = $_.ResourceGroupName
Get-AzureRmRelayHybridConnection -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Namespace $namespace.Name | ForEach-Object {
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martin77s / Get-MsiProductInformation.ps1
Created May 26, 2018 19:11
Get the product name, version and Id from an MSI installation package
function Get-MsiProductInformation {
param($Path)
$msis = Get-ChildItem -File -Path $Path -Filter '*.msi'
foreach($msi in $msis) {
$WI = New-Object -ComObject WindowsInstaller.Installer
$DB = $WI.GetType().InvokeMember("OpenDatabase","InvokeMethod", $Null, $WI, @($msi.FullName, 0))
$query = 'SELECT * FROM Property'
$View = $DB.GetType().InvokeMember("OpenView","InvokeMethod",$Null,$DB,($query))
$View.GetType().InvokeMember("Execute", "InvokeMethod", $Null, $View, $Null)