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DBremen / Get-Uninstallerv5

Created February 14, 2016 19:30

Retrieve Uninstall information for software packages via Get-Package PowerShell v5

	#requires -Version 5
	Get-Package \| foreach{
	$attributes = $_.meta.attributes
	$htProps = [Ordered]@{msiGUID=''}
	for ($i=0;$i -lt $attributes.keys.count;$i++){
	$htProps.Add($attributes.keys[$i].LocalName,$attributes.values[$i])
	}
	if ($htProps.Contains('DisplayName')){
	$uninstallString = $htProps.UninstallString
	$modifyPath = $htProps.ModifyPath

DBremen / Clear-Clipboard.ps1

Last active August 16, 2022 00:47

Function to identify and stop/restart process blocking the clipboard

	function Restart-Process{
	[CmdletBinding()]
	param([Parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $true)] $process)
	Begin{
	$selectedIndex=$multiInstanceName=$null
	}
	Process{
	if ($multiInstanceName -eq $_.Name){continue}
	$procToRestart=$_
	#handle if there are multiple instances of the same application

DBremen / bing.ps1

Last active August 16, 2022 00:48

Usage of Bing Search and Synonyms API through PowerShell

	#https://datamarket.azure.com/account/keys
	#Home -> My Account -> Account Keys:

	#based on http://www.powershelladmin.com/wiki/Accessing_the_Bing_Search_API_v2_using_PowerShell
	function Get-BingSearchResult($query){
	Add-Type -Assembly System.Web
	$Key = 'YOURACCOUNTKEY'
	$Base64KeyBytes = [byte[]] [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes("ignored:$Key")
	$Base64Key = [Convert]::ToBase64String($Base64KeyBytes)
	$QueryString = '%27' + [Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode($query) + '%27'

DBremen / Get-RandomUser.ps1

Last active May 18, 2016 04:54 — forked from gravejester/Get-RandomUser.ps1

	function Get-RandomUser {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Generate random user data.
	.DESCRIPTION
	This function uses the free API for generating random user data from https://randomuser.me/
	.EXAMPLE
	Get-RandomUser 10
	.EXAMPLE
	Get-RandomUser -Amount 25 -Nationality us,gb -Format csv -ExludeFields picture

DBremen / ConvertFrom-ExcelClipboard.ps1

Last active August 16, 2022 00:46

Convert copied range from excel to an array of PSObjects

	function ConvertFrom-ExcelClipboard {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Convert copied range from excel to an array of PSObjects
	.DESCRIPTION
	A range of cells copied into the clipboard is converted into PSObject taking the first row (or provided property names via Header parameter) as the properties.
	.EXAMPLE
	#Considering a range of cells including header has been copied to the clipboard
	ConvertFrom-ExcelClipboard
	.EXAMPLE

DBremen / test.ps1

Created October 12, 2016 21:54

Matrix using hashtables

	$htUsers = @{}
	$htProps = @{}
	$addADGroupMembers.Keys \| foreach {$htProps.$_=$null}
	foreach ($group in $addADGroupMembers.GetEnumerator()){
	foreach ($user in $group.Value){
	if (!$htUsers.ContainsKey($user)){
	$htProps.UserID = $user
	$htUsers.$user = $htProps.Clone()
	}
	($htUsers.$user).$($group.Name) = 1

DBremen / ObjectForScripting

Last active May 27, 2017 19:08 — forked from Tiberriver256/ObjectForScripting

	function New-PowershellWebGUI ($HTMLRaw,$Title,$Runspace) {

	[xml]$xaml = @"
	<Window
	xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
	Title="$Title" Height="500" Width="700">
	<Grid>
	<DockPanel>
	<WebBrowser Name="WebBrowser" DockPanel.Dock="Top" Margin="30">
	</WebBrowser>

DBremen / Show-Diff

Created May 27, 2017 19:20 — forked from Tiberriver256/Show-Diff

	Function Show-Diff {

	param([String[]]$OldString,[String[]]$NewString)

	$WebPage = @"
	<!DOCTYPE HTML>
	<html>
	<head>
	<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
	<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" />

DBremen / Show-HTML

Last active May 27, 2017 19:40 — forked from Tiberriver256/Show-HTML

	function Show-HTML ([string]$HTML){
	Add-Type –AssemblyName PresentationFramework
	if(Test-Path $HTML -IsValid){
	$txt = Get-Content $HTML -Raw
	$HTML = $txt
	}
	$HTML.Replace('<head>','<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8">')
	[xml]$XAML = @'
	<Window
	xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"

DBremen / PSWebServer.psm1

Created May 27, 2017 19:43 — forked from Tiberriver256/PSWebServer.psm1

	Function New-PSWebServer {

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Creates a web server that will invoke PowerShell code based on routes being asked for by the client.

	.Description
	New-PSWebServer creates a web server. The web server is composed of a schema that defines the client's requests to routes where PowerShell code is executed.

	Under the covers, New-PSWebServer uses the HTTPListener .NET class to execute powershell code as requested, retrieves the results and sends data back through the httplistener web server framework.

Dirk DBremen