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Month: October 2025

Managing your WSL instances in PowerShell using the WSL Module

I use WSL instances on my machine in VSCode to test and develop scripts, as well as to easily test Linux-based applications on my Windows machine. In this blog post, I will show how the Module works and make managing WSL easier.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell, WSL Leave a comment October 31, 2025November 1, 2025 5 Minutes

Using Get-Random in PowerShell

You can roll the dice, select a random name with your eyes closed, etc., or you can use Get-Random 🙂 In this blog post, I will show you what the Cmdlet does and how you can use it.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 1 Comment October 24, 2025October 25, 2025 3 Minutes

PowerShell 7.6.0 Preview 5 Release

The latest preview version of PowerShell was released beginning this month. In this small blog post, I will highlight the critical changes and updates from the release notes.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 2 Comments October 17, 2025October 17, 2025 6 Minutes

Windows 11 25H2’s removal of WMIC and the PowerShell alternative

You probably used it in the past, wmic.exe 🙂 The Command-Line interface for querying WMI information has been removed from Windows 11 25H2 and will not be reintroduced in future versions of Windows. In this blog post, I will highlight what that means and how you can utilize PowerShell as an alternative.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell 7 Comments October 8, 2025October 10, 2025 3 Minutes

Using -OutVariable in PowerShell

It's one of the Common Parameters, but not used that often 🙂 In this brief blog post, I will outline its advantages and explain why you should consider using it.

Harm Veenstra PowerShell Leave a comment October 3, 2025October 4, 2025 2 Minutes

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  1. PowerShell is fun :)PowerShell Preview v7.7.0-preview.1 release on PowerShell MSI Package Deprecation starting with the new preview updates (v7.7 Preview 1)May 1, 2026

    […] of the bigger things, as mentioned earlier here, is that there is no MSI installer available for Windows anymore.…

  2. Harm Veenstra on Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts!April 26, 2026

    Thank you 😊

  3. Thomas on Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts!April 26, 2026

    Congratulation Harm. You have for sure been very productive the last 4 years :-)

  4. PowerShell is fun :)Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts! on PowerShell Function for the cmd.ms websiteApril 24, 2026

    […] Jambuilds, which helped me work out the best method for my PowerShell Function for the cmd.ms website […]

  5. PowerShell is fun :)Celebrating my 250 PowerShell-related posts! on It’s a lot of work reinstalling your system… But not with PowerShell and Winget!April 24, 2026

    […] wrote my first post on April 21st, 2022: https://powershellisfun.com/2022/04/21/its-a-lot-of-work-reinstalling-your-system/. It was something I was updating again after reinstalling my…

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