New to PowerShell 3: PSDrives that no longer disappear when you end a session. Now, this week's nifty trick. One of the frustrations for many PowerShell beginners is how PSDrives correlate to drives ...

Last year, I wrote a lesson on working with the ENV: PSDrive. I still encourage students to use $ENV:Computername to get the local computer name instead of using ...

The element that makes this possible is referred to as a PSProvider. PSProviders are bundled with PowerShell snap-ins and installed by default when you load the snap-in. When you run the Get-PSDrive ...

If you frequently work with the Command Prompt or PowerShell, you may need to copy files from or to an external drive, and many other times, you may need to display the drives within the console ...

I think it’s time to talk in depth about some of the most important features of PowerShell: Providers and modules. (Snap-ins have also been important, but they are being gradually phased out.) These ...