Convert Powershell Script as Executable File

How to convert the Powershell Script as Executable File?

Sometimes we need to run the PS script as an executable file. In this case we could convert the powershell script as an exe file. Then run it on the windows OS. Please pay the attention on the Microsoft .Net Framework while creating the executable file.

1. Install the latest version of PowerGUI Script Editor

2. Write the script on the PowerGUI Script Editor which you want to convert it as EXE file

3. Then Click on "Tools"

4. Then Click on "Compile Script"

5. If you want you can show powershell script on console. Else you could disable that option

Disk Usage Information

Program to get Disk usage information 

Use the below script to find the disk usage on windows. This script would be helpful when you want to work on disk utilization tasks such as cleanup process on  disks, Auditing purpose etc,.

Use this script to check the limit of disk utilization. And use Send-Mailmessage to send the alert to the specific person and schedule the script on task scheduler.

function get-DiskUsage {

Get-ChildItem -Recurse -Directory | Select-Object FullName,
@{ Name="Size";
Expression={ ($_ | Get-ChildItem |
Measure-Object -Sum Length).Sum + 0 } }
}

Make your Computer to speak with Powershell

Use the COM object to make the computer to speak. We could intimate the administrator using this computer speaking feature using powershell when they receive an error. This would be helpful to the scripting developer.

Use the New-Object cmdlet to create the COM object as mentioned in the below screenshot.

.Net Static Method

How to list the static method using Get-Member cmdlet?

Once you know the .net type, we can list the static method using the Get-Member.

[System.Guid]::Newguid()

[Sytem.Guid] -> .Net Type

Newguid() -> .Net Method

Have look at the below screenshot.

If you are in a situation to fetch the local machine timezone, you can use the method as mentioned in the below screenshot.

Deleting the Meeting Requests Made by terminated users from all the roommailboxes

Run this script on Exchange server 2010. You could delete the meetings made by terminated users from all the room mailboxes. Ensure that you are running this script only for terminated users. Else script will not run.

Give the required input while running this script.



[void][System.reflection.assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('microsoft.visualbasic')

$recipient=[Microsoft.visualbasic.interaction]::inputbox("Enter the Recipient Name to delete the Meeting requests from all the room mailoxes","name","Sankar_M")


$mailid=[Microsoft.visualbasic.interaction]::inputbox(" Enter your mail id to create a foler called REPORT in your outlook in which you can find the deleted contents","name","Sankar@Domain.com")

if(get-recipient $recipient -warningaction:silentlycontinue)
{
[Microsoft.visualbasic.interaction]::msgbox("Recipient is Existing in Production. Ensure that You are running this program for Terminated User")

Write-host "Recipient is Existing in Production. Ensure that You are running this program for Terminated User"

break
}
else
{

[Microsoft.visualbasic.interaction]::msgbox("Hello, Please Wait Until the Program completes")

Write-Progress -Activity "Preparing" -Status "Retrieving Roommailbox list" -PercentComplete 0
$rooms=get-mailbox -recipienttypedetails roommailbox -resultsize unlimited -warningaction:silentlycontinue| where {$_.name -notlike "*test*"}

$count=$rooms.count




foreach($room in $rooms)

{

$i=$i+1
$percentage=$i/$count*100


Write-Progress -Activity "Collecting mailbox details" -Status "Processing mailbox $i of $Count - $room" -PercentComplete $percentage


$room | search-mailbox -searchquery "kind:meetings from:$recipient" -targetmailbox $mailid -targetfolder "REPORT" -deletecontent -force
}}

Powershell Help

To get help in Graphical window

C:\> help Get-EventLog -showwindow

Powershell Tips

How to change the element of an array?

$array = 1, 2,3, 4, 5

$array.Item(0) = 100

$array

How to sort an array ?

Use the static sort method from array class

$a = 1,3, 4,2

[array]::sort($a)



How to display Loaded and available Modules in Powershell?

Use the Get-Module cmdlet to display loaded

To see the path of the module

Get-Module | select path

To list the modules,

Get-Module -Listavailable

How to open a pipeline results in editor?

 dir | Out-File result.txt; notepad result.txt


How to list all parameters of parametersets?

PS C:\Users\sankar> (Get-Command Get-Date).parametersets | foreach {$_.parameters} | foreach {$_.name}



How to check the folder counts ?

We can find the number of files available on desktop this way


PS C:\Users\sankar\Desktop> @(get-childitem -name *).count
35

In case if you want to exclude some files when counting.

 @(Get-ChildItem -exclude *.txt).count

How to exclude the files from displaying?

Get-ChildItem -exclude *.txt

How to get all the child items from the container that has child items?

We should use  -Recurse Parameter if we need to get all the child items from the container

get-childitem -Recurse $env:USERPROFILE\desktop

we can use -filter if we want to filter with some specified extension file like *.txt , *.docx etc

get-childitem -Recurse $env:USERPROFILE\desktop -filter *.txt

How to check the version of Powershell and .Net Framework?


PS C:\Users\sankar\Desktop> $PSVersionTable

Name                           Value
----                           -----
CLRVersion                     2.0.50727.5456
BuildVersion                   6.1.7601.17514
PSVersion                      2.0
WSManStackVersion              2.0
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0}
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.1

To check version for .Net Framework


PS C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework> dir


    Directory: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----          3/3/2012   8:27 AM            v1.0.3705
d----         7/13/2009  10:20 PM            v1.1.4322
d----          8/4/2012   9:22 AM            v2.0.50727
d----         2/17/2011   9:25 PM            v3.0
d----          3/3/2012   8:27 AM            v3.5
-a---         11/4/2010   6:57 PM      86864 NETFXSBS10.exe
-a---          3/3/2012   2:50 AM      41392 netfxsbs12.hkf
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      13648 sbscmp10.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      13648 sbscmp20_mscorwks.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      13648 sbscmp20_perfcounter.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11104 sbs_diasymreader.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11088 sbs_iehost.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11112 sbs_microsoft.jscript.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11656 sbs_microsoft.vsa.vb.codedomprocessor.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11096 sbs_mscordbi.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11096 sbs_mscorrc.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11096 sbs_mscorsec.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11120 sbs_system.configuration.install.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11088 sbs_system.data.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11112 sbs_system.enterpriseservices.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11080 sbs_VsaVb7rt.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      11104 sbs_wminet_utils.dll
-a---         6/10/2009   4:22 PM      13648 SharedReg12.dll

To Create New Item Using Powershell

C:\Users\Sankar> New-Item <File Name> -ItemType File


PS C:\Users\sankar\Desktop> 1..5 | %{New-Item
-Name "$_.txt"  -Value (Get-Date).tostring() -ItemType file}

NULL Value and Parameter Type


PS C:\> Get-ChildItem $env:windr | ?{$_.length -eq $null}


    Directory: C:\


Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name
----                -------------     ------ ----
d----         7/17/2012   2:11 PM            Intel
d----         7/14/2009   8:07 AM            PerfLogs
d-r--        11/12/2012   1:53 PM            Program Files
d----         8/28/2012   2:43 AM            Quarantine
d----         7/18/2012  12:02 AM            source
d-r--        10/17/2012   8:25 PM            Users
d----         12/7/2012   3:50 PM            Windows


function NULLValue
{
  param
  (
    [string]$a = $( throw "Missing: parameter a"),
    $b = $( throw "Missing: parameter b")
  )

  if ($a -eq $null) { Write-Host "a is null" } else { write-Host "a is not null" }
  if ($b -eq $null) { Write-Host "b is null" } else { Write-Host "b is not null" }
}

If I call this function with: NULLValue $null $null

I will get the following result:

a is not null
b is null

How to round the number?

Use static Round method using math Class as mentioned below