When you log in to the computer, if you see a message box with an error message saying “Can not find script file” in Windows 11 and Windows 10, this post may help ...

A script is just a collection of commands saved into a text file (using the special .ps1 extension) that PowerShell understands and executes in sequence to perform different actions. In this post, we ...

Launch multiple apps at once, clear temporary files, and more.

I need a makefile that doesn't require make. What I have now is a large .bat file that is very repetitive. I typically need to change 3-4 things for a different platform, usually the target ...

Last week’s README file demonstrated how easy it is to turn virtually any desktop machine into an SFTP server. Today’s piece shows how to automate a well-known Windows open source SFTP client using ...

Do your users like to tinker with scripts? Keep yours out of harm's way by using Microsoft's Script Encoder. Greg Shultz shows you how to use the Encoder for basic script protection. If you’ve been ...

How a simple script can transform your desktop cleanup.

If you ever need to write a binary file from a traditional language like C, it isn’t all that hard to do. About the worst thing you might have to deal with is attempts to fake line endings across ...