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Listing (and running) OS Shell Commands with PowerShell

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Alan

I think I started using Shell commands when I went looking for the startup folder in Windows 8. A post from Jasone’s MSDN blog suggested the easiest way to open it was by typing “Shell:Startup” in from the run box (WIN+R). I became curious about how to enumerate a list of these shortcuts, and how…

Browse for Folder Scriptlet using Shell.Application

Posted on June 15, 2011July 2, 2011 by Alan

The code fragment (scriptlet) which I have been using to pick a folder was written in 2002 based on code by Richard Mueller. My code was inelegant, and awful. It didn’t work too well in XP, and was worse still in Windows 7. I have been writing a script that needed a folder picker, and decided to revist…

All the scripts are saved as .txt files. Newer files have a “View Script” button which will let you save or open a script in notepad. For earlier posts, the easiest way to download with IE is to right click on the link and use “Save Target As”. Rename file from Name_ext.txt to Name.ext.

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