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How to Set Google Chrome Browser to Ask For Location Before Downloading a File

Your files are saved in the Download folder by default in the Google Chrome browser. If you want your Google Chrome browser to always ask for your location before downloading and storing a file, follow...

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How to Create Multiple Hyper-V Virtual Machines Using PowerShell

Creating multiple Hyper-V virtual machines using Hyper-V manager is not a quick method. The quickest and time-saving method is to create them via Windows PowerShell. This tutorial has been written to...

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How to Read a File using PowerShell

If you are working as an admin on Windows Core Server and want to check the contents of a file, you can execute the following command: get-content C:\testfile.txt This command will display the contents...

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How to Delete a Folder Using Command Prompt of Windows

To delete a folder using the command prompt of Windows, follow this procedure. Open a command prompt (Press the Windows icon key and R to open the run window). Type cmd and hit enter from the keyboard....

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How to Check the PowerShell Version on Windows

If you want to check which PowerShell version you are using, then execute either the command get-host or the command echo $PSVersionTable on PowerShell with elevated privileges. Get PowerShell Version...

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Copy files faster in Windows with robocopy

Windows 7 and newer versions come with a new version of the robocopy command that is able to copy files much faster then the normal copy command or copy function of the file explorer by using several...

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Four ways to transfer your Data from One Windows PC to Another

When you move to a new Windows 10 PC with shiny hardware, you may need to transfer your personal files from an old PC. Here are four commonly used ways to transfer the data from one PC to another PC....

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Increase number of visible lines in cmd on Windows

The Windows command-line only shows a history of 300 lines by default - this can be a nuisance especially if you are working with long list outputs. However, you can easily increase the number of lines...

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How to Check if a Disk Uses GPT or MBR on Windows

There are different ways to store the partition table on a drive. The most widely used methods are GPT (Guid Partition Table) and MBR (Master Boot Record). This article shows you how to check your disk...

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How to Get a List of Windows PowerShell Modules that can be Imported

Modules are collections of cmdlets that are stored in the path %WINDIR%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\. Get a List of Windows PowerShell Modules Now execute the following command to display the location...

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Four Ways to Create a Directory with PowerShell

To create a directory with the help of PowerShell, open the PowerShell console with administrative privileges and use one of the following four ways. Creating a Directory by using PowerShell Method 1:...

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How to Comment Out Code in PowerShell Script

Just like any other programming language, you can comment out code in a PowerShell script for documentation purposes. To comment out a single line, put '#' in the beginning: To comment out multiple...

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How to Exclude a User or Computer from Group Policy Object

When you apply a group policy on a container or OU, it applies to all users or computers in that container. However, you can exclude a single or multiple users or containers from the policy applied....

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Windows Powershell –“Running scripts is disabled on this system”

Powershell scripts can be run on any Windows system as long as they are run from the ISE by pushing the green play button. As soon as you want to run it from the cmd or the desktop file you'll get this...

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Fix “The program can’t start because MSVCR100.dll is missing from your...

What hides behind this name is the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable which can easily be downloaded on the Microsoft website as x86 or x64 edition: 32 bit:...

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How to Create a PowerShell Session on a Remote Computer

To execute PowerShell commands or scripts on a remote computer, you need to create a session. This is also known as PowerShell remoting and it is just like an SSH session to an operating system. There...

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How to Append Data to a Text File Using PowerShell

You can use the PowerShell add-content cmdlet to append data to a text file. Here are an example and the command-line options that you can use. Powershell add-content example Step 1. Open PowerShell...

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How to Use Ping Command in Windows 10

The ping command is used to test the availability of a remote or destination machine on a network. In this tutorial, I'll show you it's various uses on Windows operating systems. All the commands can...

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How to Stop Windows From Automatically Connecting to a Wi-Fi Network

Microsoft is vigilant when it comes to adding features to the Windows operating system for the convenience of their users. Their goal is to make Windows as user-friendly as possible. One such element...

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How to Disable the User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 10

User Account Control also known as UAC is an important component of the "Windows security system". This helps the applications running in the windows to prevent your system from making any undesired...

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