Sometimes you need to scan some files for a piece of data like a string, phrase or some number, and one of those files just happens to be an Excel spreadsheet. You could open up the file, launch the ...

Scripting is often seen as something only IT admins do to lengthen their coffee breaks, but home users can benefit from ...

The finale of Prof. PowerShell's 7-part series ends with creating a zipped file.

Although native support for Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) is not in PowerShell, by using a free module, you can retrieve, delete and add new files.

When it comes to bulk administration, few things are handier than .CSV files. In this two-part series, Brien demos his top techniques for working with .CSV files in PowerShell. First up: How to ...

While software can sync files and folders for you, it's often limited in scope. Learn how a PowerShell script can help you build a custom solution.

Your scripts still run as native PowerShell, but are encapsulated into an EXE file. To quote the Microsoft Web page referenced above, the utility "does not convert the PowerShell script to an ...

Are you getting started with PowerShell? If so, this guide will help you to create and run your first script on Windows.