If you’ve ever opened a command-line window on Windows and wondered which tool you should be using, you’re not alone. Between Command Prompt, PowerShell, and Windows Terminal, knowing when to choose ...

To change the execution policy to run PowerShell scripts on Windows 11 (or 10), use these steps: Open Start. Search for PowerShell, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator ...

Python is an extremely powerful and flexible programming language that is particularly popular among newcomers to coding thanks to its relatively gentle learning curve. That said, the flexibility of ...

Sal Soghoian has announced the first CMD-D: Down-Home Scripting Boot Camp, an expanded three days of scripting education, with hands-on exercises and limited class size. Taught by two expert scripters ...

I just started a new position at work and I have been tasked with automating a bunch of processes:<br>installing applications<br>uninstalling applications<br>copy files<br>reading/parsing data from ...

Sal Soghoian, host of the CMD-D Conference, has announced a pre-conference Scripting Boot Camp taught by Ray Robertson the day before the first CMD-D|Masters of Automation Conference. Designed for ...

In the chain of events of an app updating itself, I'd like the final batch file to delete itself and close the command window it is running in. Thus far, I seem to be able to do one or the other, ...