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Category: Formatting

Using DumPS in PowerShell for easy reading of all Properties

While debugging PowerShell code outside of Visual Studio Code, it's always difficult to keep drilling down into all the Properties with nested objects inside of them, etc. With DumPS, this is a lot easier. In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell 1 Comment July 24, 2026July 24, 2026 2 Minutes

Using Strict Mode in PowerShell

PowerShell is incredibly flexible; it's a forgiving scripting language. But this could turn into scripts not written according to best practices or that rely on things that work automatically, and sometimes fail without really understanding why. In this blog post, I will show you how Strict mode works and how it can help you 🙂

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell 1 Comment February 20, 2026February 20, 2026 3 Minutes

a Hidden gem in PowerShell : Format-Custom

It was something I ran into this week, Format-Custom. Usually I display things in a list or table, but this is different... And very useful! In this blog post, I will show you how it works.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell Leave a comment February 6, 2026February 6, 2026 3 Minutes

My PowerShell for Visual Studio Code extension settings

I use Visual Studio Code to create and edit PowerShell scripts. The PowerShell Extension from Microsoft has some excellent features that will make your scripts more readable and consistent formatting-wise. In this blog post, I will show you my configuration and the options I use.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell, Visual Studio Code 3 Comments September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 6 Minutes

Display Markdown files in PowerShell

Creating Markdown files is something that I do regularly, usually in Visual Studio Code or Obsidian. But when working in a Windows Terminal or a standard PowerShell prompt, it's nice to display those .md files in those, too, with all the formatting that Markdown gives you. In this blog post, I will show you how 🙂

Harm Veenstra Formatting, MarkDown, PowerShell Leave a comment August 23, 2024August 23, 2024 2 Minutes

Parameters for PowerShell Scripts and Functions

Using parameters for your Scripts and Functions is very powerful. You don't have to hardcode things in them, making running them from a command line easier. This blog post will show you the parameters I use in most of my scripts and how they work.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell 2 Comments May 17, 2024May 17, 2024 3 Minutes

Use PowerShell to create report of a DTS Compliant NPS log

One of our customers had issues authenticating clients using NPS. One of the first things you do is... I read the NPS logs, and they were DTS Compliant formatted, a bit of a pain to read and search 🙁 So, I used PowerShell to create a nice log for me in either a GridView or an Excel file. In this blog post, I will show you how!

Harm Veenstra Formatting, Logs, Networking, Security 1 Comment March 28, 2024February 22, 2025 4 Minutes

Things I use most in my PowerShell scripts

Looking back at the scripts I created the last year, certain things always come back in most of them. In this blog post, I will show you a few and explain them.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell 4 Comments August 2, 2023August 22, 2023 4 Minutes

PowerShell Out-ConsoleGridView and F7History

I saw these two console tools for PowerShell in my newsfeed, and I like them. This blog post will explain what they are and how they work.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell, PSReadline, Windows Terminal 7 Comments July 26, 2023September 26, 2024 2 Minutes

Using the #Requires statement in PowerShell

Sometimes you have scripts that require specific versions of modules, or if the script is started with Administrator privileges, you can add checks for that in the script itself or... You can use the built-in #Requires statement for that. In this blog post, I will show you how.

Harm Veenstra Formatting, PowerShell Leave a comment April 24, 2023August 22, 2023 3 Minutes

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