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Richard Siddaway's Blog — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:03:13 GMT

Back here msmvps.com/.../creating-temporary-files.aspx or

re: System Up Time

RichardSiddaway — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:43:36 GMT

The one liner is ugly and doesn't gain anything. Probably slower due to two WMI calls

.NET version is better looking but looks don't win when scripting. As long as it work ugly is good

.NET vs WMI probably comes down to personal preference

re: System Up Time

pan_2@LJ — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:04:25 GMT

with .net its better looking

(get-date) - [Management.ManagementDateTimeConverter]::ToDateTime((Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime)

re: System Up Time

pan_2@LJ — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:01:59 GMT

ONELINER

(get-date) - (Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem ).ConvertToDateTime((Get-WmiObject Win32_OperatingSystem).LastBootUpTime)

but pretty ugly, and two WMI requests.

re: PowerShell Editing

RichardSiddaway — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:57:47 GMT

Afraid I'm using Windows 7 and the choice to change the default was grayed out even with elevated privileges.

Other apps didn't have this issue

re: PowerShell Editing

Dmitry Sotnikov — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:27:52 GMT

Also, I have just spent a few minutes experimenting with file associations and could not find any issues.

Both on XP and Vista, I could:

1. Right-click a .PS1 file,

2. Pick "Open With",

3. Click "Choose Program",

4. Pick Notepad or PowerShell ISE,

5. Select the checkbox to make it the default application.

This worked flawlessly - even changed file icons - and required no registry activity whatsoever.

re: PowerShell Editing

RichardSiddaway — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:45:19 GMT

I don't remember seeing the option. I'l look closer next time I install

re: PowerShell Editing

Dmitry Sotnikov — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:58:21 GMT

Richard,

File association is optional - this is just one of the features you select when running the setup. Deselect the feature and PowerGUI won't associate itself with the PS1 file extension.

With that said, we will have a look for better ways to set association and make it easier to remove it.

Dmitry

re: foreach usage

Vadims Podans — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:31:00 GMT

Several time ago I wrote post about practical differences between foreach and foreach-object:

vpodans.spaces.live.com/.../cns!BB1419A2CFC1E008!273.entry

(post in Russian). The general performance difference is that foreach is vary fast when you work with simple data (large count of little data) and very slow when you work with large count of big data.

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