Jaykul

#requires -RunAsAdministrator
<#
    .Synopsis
        Creates (or alters) a "code" command for opening Visual Studio Code (or VS Code Insiders)
    .Description
        Recreates the "code.cmd"" batch file command that starts Visual Studio Code (or VS Code Insiders)
        1. Adds logic to make it open in the current folder if you don't pass parameters.
        2. Makes "code" work as a command in Windows 10 Explorer's address bar.
#>
[CmdletBinding()]

mklement0

<#

  Prerequisites: PowerShell v3+
  License: MIT
  Author:  Michael Klement <[email protected]>

  DOWNLOAD and INSTANT DEFINITION OF THE FUNCTION:

    irm https://gist.github.com/mklement0/356acffc2521fdd338ef9d6daf41ef07/raw/Select-StringAll.ps1 | iex

Jaykul

function New-SelfCleaningJob { 
  param(
      $Name=$([Guid]::NewGuid().Guid)
  )
  $job = Start-Job -Name $Name { 1..10 | % { Write-Output $_ } }
  $jobCleanup = Register-ObjectEvent $job -EventName StateChanged -Action { 
      if($EventArgs.JobStateInfo.State -eq "Completed") {
          # Note this prints to host no matter what's going on right now ....
          Receive-Job $Sender | out-host

kootenpv

""" github_orgy -- monitor github organizations for new repos.
Usage:
python3.5 github_orgy.py deepmind tensorflow facebookresearch google watson-developer-cloud

Or with cron:
@hourly /usr/bin/python github_orgy.py deepmind tensorflow facebookresearch google watson-developer-cloud
"""

import time
import os

GaliTW

; Example: This is a hotkey that temporarily reduces the mouse cursor's speed, which facilitates precise positioning.
; Hold down the Hot key to slow down the cursor. Release it to return to original speed.

LWin & n::
SPI_GETMOUSESPEED = 0x70
SPI_SETMOUSESPEED = 0x71
; Retrieve the current speed so that it can be restored later:
DllCall("SystemParametersInfo", UInt, SPI_GETMOUSESPEED, UInt, 0, UIntP, OrigMouseSpeed, UInt, 0)
; Now set the mouse to the slower speed specified in the next-to-last parameter (the range is 1-20, 10 is default):
DllCall("SystemParametersInfo", UInt, SPI_SETMOUSESPEED, UInt, 0, UInt, 10, UInt, 0)

mklement0

<#
  Prerequisites: PowerShell version 3 or above.
  License: MIT
  Author:  Michael Klement <[email protected]>
  
  DOWNLOAD and DEFINITION OF THE FUNCTION:
  
    irm https://gist.github.com/mklement0/8689b9b5123a9ba11df7214f82a673be/raw/Out-FileUtf8NoBom.ps1 | iex

  The above directly defines the function below in your session and offers guidance for making it available in future 

MarkTiedemann

# Download latest dotnet/codeformatter release from github

$repo = "dotnet/codeformatter"
$file = "CodeFormatter.zip"

$releases = "https://api.github.com/repos/$repo/releases"

Write-Host Determining latest release
$tag = (Invoke-WebRequest $releases | ConvertFrom-Json)[0].tag_name

jdhitsolutions

#add a border around a string of text

Function Add-Border {
<#
.Synopsis
Create a text border around a string.

.Description
This command will create a character or text based border around a line of text. You might use this to create a formatted text report or to improve the display of information to the screen.

tylergibson

# From PowerShell ADMINISTRATOR session run
# . { iwr -useb http://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1 } | iex; get-boxstarter -Force

# Open new PowerSheel Administrator session and run
# $cred=Get-Credential domain\username       (can also use [email protected] MSA style username)
# Install-BoxstarterPackage -PackageName https://gist.githubusercontent.com/tylergibson/bd7a4c923db6bc0bd0a3ca05473dd4f7/raw -Credential $cred

# Initialize reboot log file
$reboot_log = "C:\installation.rbt"
if ( -not (Test-Path $reboot_log) ) { New-Item $reboot_log -type file }

mklement0

  <#
  .SYNOPSIS
  Creates test text-based files with various character encodings.

  .DESCRIPTION
  Creates text-based test files using 
    * all 5 byte order-marked Unicode character encoding schemes, 
      both with and without BOM (Unicode signature)
    * default encodings,
      with the the platform's default encoding, [System.Text.Encoding]::Default