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Windows: Set or edit environment variable from powershell

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powershell can set,edit or delete environment variables as well as cmd.exe command line interpreter.
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Powershell: Convert a string into a securestring and back to plaintext

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.Net and therefore the powershell has the ability to define a secure string. This means that the string is immediately deleted from memory if it is no longer needed.
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Windows: Get, set or change the network access type or network category

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to get and the network access type and the network category use the powershell commandlets Continue reading Windows: Get, set or change the network access type or network category

Powershell: Generate a GUID

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to create a GUID in powershell for the use in your own scripts call the static function NewGuid() from the system.Guid class.

PS D:\> [system.Guid]::NewGuid()
f3f8591a-c1d6-4d82-bec2-d3dac2c1fee5

Michael

Office 365: Add Outlook shortout to explorer’s sendto context menu

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to simply send files by using the Windows Explorer sendto context menu you have to create an Outlook shortcut in the shell:sendto folder.
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