PowerShell & Windows Automation

Terminal showing commands and output for displaying environment variables: 'env', 'printenv', and 'set' examples, highlighted key variables like PATH HOME, USER, custom variables.

ForEach-Object Guide When working with collections of data in PowerShell,

Developer writing scripts that generate timestamped log files into a logs folder; terminal shows success (green) and error (red) messages, file rotation, and archived logs. daily.

PowerShell window showing commands exporting Windows Registry keys to reg files, selecting hives and using Export-RegistryKey or reg.exe with timestamped filenames for auto backup.

Understanding the Heart of Windows: What You Need to Know

Illustration showing how to remove a PowerShell module: open elevated PowerShell, run Uninstall-Module <ModuleName>, confirm removal, verify with Get-Module -ListAvailable. Now OK.

Diagram showing how to install PowerShell module: open PowerShell as admin, run Install-Module ModuleName, trust repo, safely run Import-Module ModuleName, confirm with Get-Module.

Graphic showing how to schedule a PowerShell script: save .ps1, open Task Scheduler, create task, set trigger and action, adjust conditions and settings, run test, check event logs

PowerShell window displaying the Expand-Archive command: Expand-Archive -Path C:\Archives\example.zip -DestinationPath C:\Extracted and resulting folder icons for extracted files.!

Screenshot of PowerShell window showing Compress-Archive command compressing multiple files into a ZIP, with command syntax, source paths, destination ZIP file and progress output.