Comments on: PowerShell Providers http://www.powershellpro.com Sharing the Experience Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:05:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jeff Greenlee http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Jeff Greenlee Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:13:13 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-507 Hey.. great tutorial... one small thing I discovered regarding your Registry section. I think possibly the "hotfixes" structure for Windows 7 has changed. I was not able to locate it based on the given instructions (using "find" in regedit) any path using Hotfixes (although I did find a few Key values named "hotfix".) Minor detail: and truthfully it doesn't really matter.. (I just looked at other registry settings!) Hey.. great tutorial… one small thing I discovered regarding your Registry section. I think possibly the “hotfixes” structure for Windows 7 has changed. I was not able to locate it based on the given instructions (using “find” in regedit) any path using Hotfixes (although I did find a few Key values named “hotfix”.) Minor detail: and truthfully it doesn’t really matter.. (I just looked at other registry settings!)

]]> By: M Prindle http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-493 M Prindle Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:58:58 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-493 This is a great tutorial series! To the others that are having issues when running under Windows7, for some of the exercises you may need to be running PS escalated as administrator. Win7 has extra security in place to stop the editing of the registry. This is a great tutorial series! To the others that are having issues when running under Windows7, for some of the exercises you may need to be running PS escalated as administrator. Win7 has extra security in place to stop the editing of the registry.

]]> By: Vishwas Setty http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-481 Vishwas Setty Mon, 24 May 2010 16:27:29 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-481 i AM GETTING THIS ERROR WHEN TRYING TO CREATE A NEW REGISTRY KEY...PLZ HELP ME.... Set-Location : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name 'NAME'. At line:1 char:19 + SET-LOCATION -NAME <<<< TEST-VALUE "TEST STRING" + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Location], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand i AM GETTING THIS ERROR WHEN TRYING TO CREATE A NEW REGISTRY KEY…PLZ HELP ME….

Set-Location : A parameter cannot be found that matches parameter name ‘NAME’.
At line:1 char:19
+ SET-LOCATION -NAME <<<< TEST-VALUE “TEST STRING”
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Location], ParameterBindingException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : NamedParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetLocationCommand

]]> By: Zijo http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-458 Zijo Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:53:16 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-458 Just a brief correction of my item 3. I shoud have said: 3. When I copy about_Providers.help.txt from C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\en-US folder to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 , it works OK (note: the file name in my case is about_Providers.help.txt instead of about_Provider.help.txt.) Zijo Just a brief correction of my item 3. I shoud have said:
3. When I copy about_Providers.help.txt from C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\en-US folder to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
, it works OK (note: the file name in my case is about_Providers.help.txt instead of about_Provider.help.txt.)

Zijo

]]> By: Zijo http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-457 Zijo Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:50:21 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-457 Additional information: 1. I am running Powershell 2.0 2. about_...help.txt files are in different location: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\en-US folder, instead C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0 3. When I copy about_Providers.help.txt, it works OK (note: the file name in my case is about_Providers.help.txt instead of about_Provider.help.txt. I think that may be the reason(s) for my issue. I don't know if these difference will affect any commands (cmdlets) in the future tutorials? Thank you. Zijo Additional information:
1. I am running Powershell 2.0
2. about_…help.txt files are in different location: C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\en-US folder, instead C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
3. When I copy about_Providers.help.txt, it works OK (note: the file name in my case is about_Providers.help.txt instead of about_Provider.help.txt.

I think that may be the reason(s) for my issue. I don’t know if these difference will affect any commands (cmdlets) in the future tutorials?

Thank you.

Zijo

]]> By: Zijo http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-456 Zijo Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:53:55 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-456 This is the best tutorial I have seen so far. Congratulations and thank you Jesse. I have been following your guide from the beginning and haven't have any issues. However, in this tuturial, when I type: PS C:\MyScripts> get-content $PSHOME\about_Provider.help.txt, I get an error message: Get-Content : Cannot find path 'C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\about_Provider.help.txt' because it does not ex ist. At line:1 char:12 + get-content <<<< $PSHOME\about_Provider.help.txt + CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Windows\SysW...ovider.help.txt:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundExcep tion + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand My profile is on D: drive (D:\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1) and I am running 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate. Any suggesstion? Thank you. Zijo This is the best tutorial I have seen so far. Congratulations and thank you Jesse.

I have been following your guide from the beginning and haven’t have any issues. However, in this tuturial, when I type:
PS C:\MyScripts> get-content $PSHOME\about_Provider.help.txt, I get an error message:
Get-Content : Cannot find path ‘C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\about_Provider.help.txt’ because it does not ex
ist.
At line:1 char:12
+ get-content <<<< $PSHOME\about_Provider.help.txt
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Windows\SysW…ovider.help.txt:String) [Get-Content], ItemNotFoundExcep
tion
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetContentCommand

My profile is on D: drive (D:\My Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1) and I am running 64-bit Windows 7 Ultimate.

Any suggesstion?

Thank you.

Zijo

]]> By: Tom http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Tom Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:04:32 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-454 Thanks for a great tutorial series! I want to view the value of "hklm:\\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\DisableCacheViewer" I can do the following: 1. Get-ItemProperty "hklm:\\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion" 2. Visually look for the desired value (DisableCacheViewer) Is there a way to directly query the value without listing them all out and having to manually look for it? How would I change its value? Thanks for a great tutorial series!

I want to view the value of “hklm:\\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion\DisableCacheViewer”

I can do the following:

1. Get-ItemProperty “hklm:\\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Fusion”
2. Visually look for the desired value (DisableCacheViewer)

Is there a way to directly query the value without listing them all out and having to manually look for it?

How would I change its value?

]]> By: powershell newbie http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-437 powershell newbie Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:49:17 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-437 Awsome Tutorial! Thank You for taking the time. Please let me know if You decide to publish a book. I will be the first to buy. Awsome Tutorial! Thank You for taking the time. Please let me know if You decide to publish a book. I will be the first to buy.

]]> By: petroff http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-392 petroff Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:41:43 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-392 I don't understand why command Rename-Item failed: #__Change directory name [ C:\PStests\A\BinA => C:\PStests\A\B ] Set-Location C:\PStests Rename-Item A\B* -newname B # __It works correctly when virtual drive Ex: used (instead of C:) : New-PSDrive -name Ex -PSProvider filesystem -root C:\PStests Rename-Item Ex:A\B* -newname B I don’t understand why command Rename-Item failed:
#__Change directory name [ C:\PStests\A\BinA => C:\PStests\A\B ]
Set-Location C:\PStests
Rename-Item A\B* -newname B

# __It works correctly when virtual drive Ex: used (instead of C:) :

New-PSDrive -name Ex -PSProvider filesystem -root C:\PStests
Rename-Item Ex:A\B* -newname B

]]> By: David Rogers http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/comment-page-1/#comment-343 David Rogers Tue, 26 May 2009 23:38:23 +0000 http://www.powershellpro.com/powershell-tutorial-introduction/powershell-providers/#comment-343 Excellent tutorial series so far - If I had founbd this a year ago, I would have started using PowerShell a year ago! In this tutorial, I think there is a CD step missing. before you do a "CD KB888240"m you would need: cd "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\HotFix" Thanks for this service! David Excellent tutorial series so far – If I had founbd this a year ago, I would have started using PowerShell a year ago!

In this tutorial, I think there is a CD step missing. before you do a “CD KB888240″m you would need: cd “HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\HotFix”

Thanks for this service!
David

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