Archive for July 2008

Want a Free PowerShell Editor? No, Really it’s Free…

PowerShell Tools PowerGui

I've been searching for a PowerShell editor to free me from writing my code in notepad. I've tried a number of them on the market, Primal Script by far was the best! Yet, my 45-day trial was over and my boss is dragging his feet with a purchase. So where do I turn?

Shell Tools was nice, yet another 45-day trial (they extended it another 45-days) yet eventually leading to a purchase. Don't get me wrong I'm not a tight-wad I'm a Tech (o.k. same thing…). I just wanted a simple editor which I found in the last place I thought I would ever look… A GUI Tool for PowerShell.

PowerShell Pro! adopted the philosophy of "teach an man person to fish…" so you would think that promoting a tool that "does the work for you" would be sacrilegious. Not being close minded, I ventured a download and began working with the tool. There were two major findings that prompted me to write this article…

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