4.13 Windows & PowerShell
Every entry filed under Windows & PowerShell and its subtopics.
Level
What kind of help
- Guided project 0
- Explains an idea 1
- Step by step 6
- Cheat sheet 1
- Fixes an error 2
Works on
What do these mean?
- Beginner
- You are new to this topic.
- Intermediate
- You use it, and want to get better.
- Advanced
- You know it well and need the details.
- Guided project
- Build something small from start to finish, step by step.
- Explains an idea
- Plain words on how something works and why.
- Step by step
- Numbered steps to get one task done.
- Cheat sheet
- Commands and options in a table, to look up fast.
- Fixes an error
- An error message, what it means, and how to solve it.
8 entries match these filters
- 0405 Export the list of installed programs to CSV with PowerShell Reads the Windows uninstall registry keys and writes name, version, publisher and install date of every installed program to a CSV file.… Beginner · Step by step · Windows Script PowerShell · Windows administration 15 Oct 2026
- 0403 Work across Windows and WSL: files, paths and running tools from both sides WSL is most useful when Windows and Linux cooperate: open Linux folders in Explorer, run Windows programs from bash, convert paths with… Beginner · Step by step · Windows Article Basics · WSL 15 Oct 2026
- 0400 winget: install and update software from the command line winget is the package manager built into Windows. Search for a program, install it by id, update everything with one command and… Beginner · Step by step · Windows Article Installing languages & tools · Windows administration 15 Oct 2026
- 0404 Find the largest folders on a drive with PowerShell Lists the biggest top-level folders under a path, with file counts and sizes in GB, so you can see where the disk… Beginner · Step by step · Linux, macOS, Windows Script PowerShell · Windows administration 15 Oct 2026
- 0398 Install WSL2 and Ubuntu on Windows One command installs the Windows Subsystem for Linux and Ubuntu. Then learn how to pick a distribution, check which WSL version you… Beginner · Step by step · Windows Article Windows administration · WSL 15 Oct 2026
- 0396 PowerShell basics: cmdlets, objects and the pipeline PowerShell commands are called cmdlets, they return objects instead of text, and the pipeline passes those objects between them. Once that clicks,… Beginner · Explains an idea · Linux, macOS, Windows Article PowerShell 15 Oct 2026
- 0397 PowerShell cheat sheet The PowerShell cmdlets and patterns you use every day: files, text, processes, services, filtering, exporting, remoting and the operators that trip up… Beginner · Cheat sheet · Linux, macOS, Windows Article PowerShell 15 Oct 2026
- 0399 Fix: running scripts is disabled on this system (execution policy) PowerShell refuses to run .ps1 files until the execution policy allows it. The usual fix is RemoteSigned for your own user; here… Beginner · Fixes an error · Windows Article PowerShell · Windows administration 15 Oct 2026