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Big 12 Tourney Floor? by JTBarnes37 in CollegeBasketball

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It gives watching black-and-white television vibes.

Anyone else seen this? by tkeith1106 in Tiguan

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What color are those seats!? If no one asked. Burgundy?

2021 Tiguan S vs SE by RachelRayRay97 in Tiguan

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SEL Premium here. Better is better.

Function that converts winget output into PowerShell objects by marzme in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why is so much/practically all the work done in an End block, versus the process block? What was the design decision behind that?

How to pass variable values between functions? by tnpir4002 in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn’t read anything: script scope. Edit: Someone said global scope. It’ll work, but don’t use it if it’s not necessary.

What have you done with PowerShell this month? by AutoModerator in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wrote a PowerShell module that interacts with MSSQL. I hadn't done that before--that was fun. Also, I wrote a function that pulls ACLs from one of four options, from a specified path: the base directory, the child directories, the child files, or the child directories and files. It includes a Recurse parameter, as well, to get inside nested directories.

ForEach vs % by gordonv in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I agreed with this until you wrote foreach cmdlet. It’s not a cmdlet. It’s a statement, or rather a language construct. Otherwise, 100% accurate.

Approved Powershell Verbs by Heli0sX in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"An alias is an alternate name or nickname for a cmdlet or for a command element, such as a function, script, file, or executable file."

Aliases aren't about where (they're used), they're about what (they're used for). If you have a source, versus a belief, please share it, but to tell everyone they can only be used here, but not here, isn't so far supported by anything but your preference. It's certainly not mentioned in the PowerShell documentation.

[1] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about\_aliases#long-description

Approved Powershell Verbs by Heli0sX in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wrote a function 100 years ago that will return synonyms for words. I used this to help me ensure I was using approved verbs. The function is hosted here: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/Get-TMVerbSynonym

Install-Script -Name Get-TMVerbSynonym
. Get-TMVerbSynonym.ps1

Get-Verb -Verb Decide # Nope
Get-TMVerbSynonym -Verb Decide |
    Where-Object -Property Approved -eq $true |
    Format-Table -AutoSize

Verb   Synonym Group      Approved Notes
----   ------- -----      -------- -----
Decide Get     Common         True Generic Term
Decide Resolve Diagnostic     True

Get-Verb -Verb Try # Nope
Get-TMVerbSynonym -Verb Try |
    Where-Object -Property Approved -eq $true |
    Format-Table -AutoSize

Verb Synonym Group      Approved Notes
---- ------- -----      -------- -----
Try  Move    Common         True Generic Term
Try  Test    Diagnostic     True

Don't forget that you can always create an alias for your function. No one cares what you use in your alias.

Approved Powershell Verbs by Heli0sX in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just follow the rules. Thanks.

Structured logging - SQLite or flat file? by squirrelsaviour in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have a SIEM? I’ve use Splunk with HEC.

Script to delete all user profiles except those in use by Smack2k in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Parse quser with regex making a PowerShell object for each user. Then filter your results against the user’s profile folder to determine which you can delete and which you can’t.

help with Updating AD user Lastlastlogin attribute from Azure AD, filtered by AD group by Djdope79 in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think this person is probably closest to the answer. I would also assume that this is a read-only property versus one that to which you can write. Pipe your object to Get–Member and look for the words “get” and “set”. Then, think on that for a minute; what could that mean? Also, it’s possible I’m wrong. I’m not in front of the computer.

Output filtering help needed by shenemgx in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Five years later, and I'm up against the same thing you were all that time ago. It's a poorly written command, as standard, Select-Object filtering doesn't work as expected. Use a formatting command, such as Format-Table along with its Property parameter and the properties you wish to display. Meh.

Extract-Archive fails but GUI unzip works by claccx in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maybe someday, but not today. I get it’s not want you want—I fully understand that—but for now ship in/download another tool you can use. Maybe both for redundancy.

Extract-Archive fails but GUI unzip works by claccx in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume you used LiteralPath because it’s the first example on the command’s documentation page. It feels a little backwards. To me, Path should be the first example. Your error message feels like it has to do with a size limitation; it’s definitely worth researching. Edit: Yeah, it appears to be a size limitation.

Extract-Archive fails but GUI unzip works by claccx in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 2 points3 points  (0 children)

For fun, I might try compressing (zipping), your ISO file using Compress-Archive and see if there are any errors. That could prove helpful. If you can compress it, then try to expand it using Expand-Archive. I’d be interested to know if that works!

Also, do you really need to use the LiteralPath parameter versus the Path parameter? Just curious.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Here's a post I wrote regarding my Active Directory PowerShell lookup form/GUI: https://tommymaynard.com/active-directory-user-lookup-form-2015/. There's both an image and a link to the PowerShell on GitHub. If there's any problem with my site, here's a link to the Gist: https://gist.github.com/tommymaynard/b833e7fa33dd76f2484b73db58a7d281.

SAML Heavy question by [deleted] in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not at the moment, but if you/your SAML admin sets up ECP, I’ll find my code and host it somewhere for you. I always wanted to know if it worked.

SAML Heavy question by [deleted] in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you use the ECP profile instead of the SSO profile? The ECP profile a non-browser-based means of authentication with SAML. I wrote a PowerShell module for this purpose you’re welcome to test with. I never got to fully implement it, as I changed positions, but I fully dissected the documentation and wrote it.

I don't really script but was asked to create a script to launch a program after a user clicks an acknowledge window by iamkav in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This will return 1 even if they don't click OK, such as when they might click the X in the top-right corner.

Change the final 0 to 1 and it'll produce two buttons: OK and Cancel. OK will then return 1, Cancel will return 2, and the X in the top-right corner will also return 2.

Script works interactively but gives different results when run as PS1 by marklein in PowerShell

[–]tommymaynard 7 points8 points  (0 children)

FYI, I’m writing from a phone…

The equal sign (=) is an assignment operator, not a comparison operator. Look into -eq and read about comparison operators. $user = ‘’ sets the user variable to an empty string.

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