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Thanks folks. The Replace option simplified it nicely. I also just didn't have the sort-object -property syntax for the custom sort value correct. I've fixed it now and it looks good.
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Just ran into the same problem. PowerShell provider MSFT_xDSCWebService failed to execute Set-TargetResource functionality with error message: ERROR:...
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Hi, I have got some trouble with the switch statement because I have to check log statements from a logfile. The statements could be for example: cvs [update aborted]: no such user XYZ cvs update:...
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If you don't wanna take chances, just set the language to English. It worked for me.
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If you need to match a literal ?, * or square bracket character in a wildcard string, place that character inside a set of square brackets: $strings = 'Whatever UXYZ Whatever', 'Whatever ?XYZ...
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Have you tried "net view \\share01" ? It's an old way of displaying shared folders, printers, etc on an SMB endpoint. You'd have to do some string parsing to pull out the share names, but it might work.
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If the problem is, that the shell takes "?" as a wildcard, but you want it to be a literal "?", you can use the escape character, which is a bactick, just before the "?". Like this: `? This way, the...
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Dave Wyatt! what a genius! That works perfectly – String manipulation is no problem i can see all the shares! Thanks very much thats very helpful!
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Language is English but with Danish region. Everything seems to work so I am a happy camper Best regards Stig
View ArticleReply To: WMI Event Creation-RoboCopy
I think you'll ultimately find that WMI's eventing doesn't perform especially well with this class. If the goal is to watch for new file creation, the .NET Framework's FileSystemWatcher performs much...
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Thanks you Don ! This info is very useful.
View ArticleExtracting the Private Key from a PFX
Given the recent and on-going issues with OpenSSL I am looking for another way to extract the private key from a certificate PFX file. Is there a way to do this via powershell?
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I don't know of a way to do this with Microsoft's built-in crypto APIs, but it looks like you can use some of BouncyCastle's API to accomplish that. See...
View ArticlePowershell Ruan As Administrator
Sorry for my bad English. I wanted to ask if there is a solution for this problem. Run powershell in administrator mode and then run a command that writes to me in a file the characteristics of the...
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Look at the -Command parameter of PowerShell.exe. That's how you launch a new copy of PowerShell and pass in commands.
View ArticleReply To: Powershell Ruan As Administrator
Here are a couple of examples on how you could accomplish this: http://rkeithhill.wordpress.com/2013/04/05/powershell-script-that-relaunches-as-admin/...
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Thank you. I can create a script without operator intervention? I did not understand, however, how then to pass the following commands: $ Computers = Get-WmiObject-Class Win32_ComputerSystem $...
View ArticleReply To: Installing an exe with Powershell DSC Package resource gets return...
Just wanted to mention I had something very similar happen when trying to install VS 2013 via DSC. Running the installer outside of DSC with the same command-line arguments worked, so I'm curious what...
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Based on that log output, I suspect that the VS2013 installer would also fail if you manually executed it as System (via psexec /s ). The system account's domain is "NT AUTHORITY", not the local...
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