How do I concatenate two text files in PowerShell?

Simply use the Get-Content and Set-Content cmdlets: Get-Content inputFile1.txt, inputFile2.txt | Set-Content joinedFile.txt You can concatenate more than two files with this style, too. If the source files are named similarly, you can use wildcards: Get-Content inputFile*.txt | Set-Content joinedFile.txt Note 1: PowerShell 5 and older versions allowed this to be done more concisely using … Read more

Why is my locally-created script not allowed to run under the RemoteSigned execution policy?

Some things to check: Can you change to unrestricted? Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Is the group policy set? Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows PowerShell User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows PowerShell Also, how are you calling Script.ps1? Does this allow it to run? powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -file .\Script.ps1

Executing an EXE file using a PowerShell script

& “C:\Program Files\Automated QA\TestExecute 8\Bin\TestExecute.exe” C:\temp\TestProject1\TestProject1.pjs /run /exit /SilentMode or [System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start(“C:\Program Files\Automated QA\TestExecute 8\Bin\TestExecute.exe”, “C:\temp\TestProject1\TestProject1.pjs /run /exit /SilentMode”) UPDATE: sorry I missed “(I invoked the command using the “&” operator)” sentence. I had this problem when I was evaluating the path dynamically. Try Invoke-Expression construction: Invoke-Expression “& `”C:\Program Files\Automated QA\TestExecute 8\Bin\TestExecute.exe`” C:\temp\TestProject1\TestProject1.pjs /run /exit /SilentMode”

How to find the Windows version from the PowerShell command line

Since you have access to the .NET library, you could access the OSVersion property of the System.Environment class to get this information. For the version number, there is the Version property. For example, PS C:\> [System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version Major Minor Build Revision —– —– —– ——– 6 1 7601 65536 Details of Windows versions can be found … Read more

Can’t install nuget package because of “Failed to initialize the PowerShell host”

Setting an execution policy to RemoteSigned or Unrestricted should work. It must be changed under an administrator mode via a PowerShell console. Be aware that changes will be applied according to the bit version of the PowerShell console, so 32bit or 64 bit. So if you want to install a package in Visual Studio (32 … Read more