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clemmesserli / Set-F5ProfileLink.ps1

Created July 18, 2022 17:50

Simple script to point VSCode, ISE, and Terminal for v5 + v7 at a single profile.ps1 file

	$files = @(
	"C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\profile.ps1"
	"C:\Program Files\PowerShell\7\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1"

	"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1"
	"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\Microsoft.PowerShellISE_profile.ps1"
	"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\profile.ps1"

	"$($env:onedrive)\PowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1"
	"$($env:onedrive)\PowerShell\profile.ps1"

clemmesserli / Get-NotableParams.ps1

Created February 3, 2022 08:32

Updates PS Help Files and then searches for new params added in support of PS v6 or v7

clemmesserli / Get-LatestRelease

Created January 13, 2022 23:45

Snippet used to pull down the latest release of an F5 RPM package

	$repo = "F5Networks/f5-appsvcs-extension"
	$filenamePattern = "*.noarch.rpm"
	$releasesUri = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases/latest"
	$downloadUri = ((Invoke-RestMethod -Method GET -Uri $releasesUri).assets \| Where-Object name -like $filenamePattern ).browser_download_url

	$filePath = Join-Path -Path $([System.IO.Path]::GetTempPath()) -ChildPath $(Split-Path -Path $downloadUri -Leaf)

	Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $downloadUri -Out $filePath

clemmesserli / Invoke-Update-Pester.ps1

Created January 8, 2021 17:39

This script can be used to forcibly remove the v3/v4 versions that typically ship with Windows and update to latest from PSGallery

	#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

	$modules = Get-Module -Name Pester -ListAvailable

	if ($null -ne $modules) {

	$pesterPaths = (get-item $modules.modulebase).parent.Fullname \| Sort-Object -Unique

	foreach ($pesterPath in $pesterPaths) {
	takeown /F $pesterPath /A /R

clemmesserli / MyRemoteSession.psm1

Created November 19, 2020 14:57

MyRemoteSession


	Function New-MyRemoteSession {
	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Setup a PowerShell profile on a remote computer
	.DESCRIPTION
	By default this function will copy the local 'profile.ps1' file from $PSHOME to same location on the remote computer you choose
	.EXAMPLE
	PS C:\> New-MyRemoteSession -ComputerName "server01.local"
	Copies profile.ps1 from local $PSHOME folder path to remote $PSHOME folder path and sets the profilename to 'WithProfile'

clemmesserli / Get-ChromeCred.ps1

Created June 18, 2020 05:26

Get any credentials saved within chrome browser

	## CHROME
	$Path = "$env:USERPROFILE\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Login Data"
	#If Path doesnt exist > Stop
	if(![system.io.file]::Exists($Path)){Break}
	Else{
	Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Security
	# Credit to Matt Graber for his technique on using regular expressions to search for binary data
	$Stream = New-Object IO.FileStream -ArgumentList "$Path", 'Open', 'Read', 'ReadWrite'
	$Encoding = [system.Text.Encoding]::GetEncoding(28591)
	$StreamReader = New-Object IO.StreamReader -ArgumentList $Stream, $Encoding

clemmesserli / Get-PasswordVault.ps1

Last active June 18, 2020 05:37

Returns all credentials found for logged on user of windows credential manager

	<#
	.Synopsis
	Read Password Vault
	.DESCRIPTION
	Get Windows Password Vault for Logged on user
	.EXAMPLE
	Get-WinPassword
	#>
	#function Get-PasswordVault {
	[void][Windows.Security.Credentials.PasswordVault,Windows.Security.Credentials,ContentType=WindowsRuntime]

clemmesserli / GetPowerShell

Created May 1, 2020 04:25

Ways to get latest version of PowerShell

	#Ref: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2019/07/how-to-install-and-update-powershell-7/

	Windows:
	iex "& { $(irm https://aka.ms/install-powershell.ps1) } -UseMSI -Preview"

	Linux:
	wget https://aka.ms/install-powershell.sh; sudo bash install-powershell.sh -preview; rm install-powershell.sh

clemmesserli / gist:8aaa40cc59578282c8ff39d9c99cc5a7

Created May 1, 2020 04:24

VSCode Tips & Shortcuts

clemmesserli / Test-NameServer.ps1

Created May 1, 2020 04:23

Sample on how you might verify DNS name resolution