Windows 7 / Getting Started
Whether you're a developer or an it pro, you definitely have to deal with Powershell sometimes. Tagged with vscode, powershell, productivity. Windows PowerShell ISE.
The Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment can be used just as easily as theWindows PowerShell prompt, but it gives you a lot more capabilities.
You can see that it has a familiar menu across the top just like any other Windowsapplication. Below the menu are several icons. As with other applications, you can hoveryour mouse over the icon to see the name. The most common icons you'll use are Save,Run Script, and Run Selection. The Run Script icon is the right-arrow icon, and if youhighlight any text, the icon next to it will be enabled so that you execute the text thatyou've highlighted.
The middle pane shows the output of the script. The bottom pane is the PowerShellprompt. Any commands you can enter at the PowerShell prompt can also be entered at theprompt in the bottom pane. You can even save the script you're writing and execute it usingthe full path and name from this prompt.
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PowerShell 2.0 is installed by default on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. The PowerShell ISE (Integrated Scripting Environment) is installed by default on Windows 7, but not Windows Server 2008 R2. You can use the following information to install the ISE on your 2008 R2 server (as long as it’s running the full GUI and not the Core installation).
Launch PowerShell and execute the following:
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Import-ModuleServerManagerAdd-WindowsFeaturePowerShell-ISEIf you attempted to run this on the Core (no GUI) installation of Windows Server 2008 R2, you would receive the following error:
The PowerShell ISE is now installed and can be accessed under the “Start>All Programs>Accessories>Windows PowerShell” Menu:
PowerShell scripts are disabled by default on both Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. Typing commands into the ISE and executing them will work, but once they are saved as a script, you will receive the following error when you attempt to execute it:
Using the following command, the execution of scripts is set to “RemoteSigned” which requires that scripts downloaded from the Internet be signed by a trusted publisher:
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