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#gets all files from specified path. scans each file and gets the BaseName of the file.
#script will create a directory for each BaseName and move the file to that new BaseName directory.
#this can be handy for things like sorting a digital movie collection.
#---------------------------------------------------------
$path = "V:\Movies\Sci-FI Top 50 movies\"
#---------------------------------------------------------
$files = Get-ChildItem -Path $path -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | `
    Where-Object {$_.BaseName -notlike "Thumbs" -and $_.PSIsContainer -eq $false}
#$files #uncomment if you would like to display a list of the files to be moved
foreach ($file in $files) {

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$certInfo = ls Cert:\LocalMachine\My | where { $_.Subject -eq $subject }
$expireDate = $certInfo.NotAfter
[int]$daysRemaining = New-TimeSpan -End $expireDate | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Days

$date = Get-Date
$1weekOut = $date.AddDays(7)

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Write-Progress -Activity "Test" -PercentComplete 25
Start-Sleep(5)
Write-Progress -Activity "Test" -PercentComplete 50
Start-Sleep(5)
Write-Progress -Activity "Test" -PercentComplete 75
Start-Sleep(5)
Write-Progress -Activity "Test" -PercentComplete 100

#secind example of progress bar
$seconds = 60

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#get the domain
$domain = $env:USERDNSDOMAIN

#Get Operating System Info
$sOS = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_OperatingSystem | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Caption

try {
	$sOS = Get-WmiObject -class Win32_OperatingSystem
	$Script:OS = $sOS.Caption
}

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#set suffixes
$suffixes = "suffix1.int,suffix2.int,suffix3.int"
$command = @"
cmd.exe /C "wmic nicconfig call SetDNSSuffixSearchOrder ($domain,$suffixes)"
"@
Invoke-Expression -Command:$command -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#reverse suffixes change
#Append Primary and connection specific DNS suffixes
#Append parent suffixes of the primary DNS suffix 

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<#
.Synopsis
   Verifies if computername matches Windows machine naming requirements
.DESCRIPTION
   This function accepts a computername string and regex verifies if that name meets Windows machine naming requirements
.PARAMETER ComputerName
    String of computername to be tested
.EXAMPLE
   Test-ComputerName -ComputerName PC-Num-43123
    This will verify if the computer name meets windows requirements

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#tests for file and if found removes the file.
#---------------------------------------------------------
$path = 'C:\path\Test.txt'
#---------------------------------------------------------
if (Test-Path $path) {
    Write-OutPut "$path detected, removing file before starting..."
    try {
        Remove-Item -Path $path -Force -Confirm:$false -ErrorAction Stop
    }
    catch {

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$password = Read-Host "Enter your password"
$securePassword = ConvertTo-SecureString $password -AsPlainText -Force

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$Shares=[WMICLASS]”WIN32_Share”
$Shares.Create("C:\folder\provisioning","Everyone",0)

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$command = 'C:\somepath\someexe.exe somearg'
iex $command

#full working example
$command = 'cmd.exe /c "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bginfo\BgInfo.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Bginfo\config_2016.bgi\" /silent /accepteula /timer:0'
iex "& $command"

#issue the command
cmd.exe /c dir /w