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scriptingstudio / Compress-ScriptBlock.ps1

Last active March 16, 2026 16:38

Simple PowerShell script compressor. The script works like "ConvertTo-Json -Compress".

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Removes comments and extra white space from a PS script.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Omits white space and indented formatting in the output.
	.PARAMETER Path
	Specifies the path to the PS file to compress.
	.PARAMETER ScriptBlock
	Specifies the PowerShell scriptblock to compress.
	.PARAMETER NoTest

scriptingstudio / ps2exe.ps1

Last active March 14, 2026 12:55

PS2EXE script refactored. Source compressor added to reduce output size. Implemented as dotsource module.

	#Requires -Version 5

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Converts powershell scripts to standalone executables.
	.DESCRIPTION
	Converts powershell scripts to standalone executables. GUI output and input is activated with one switch, real windows executables are generated. You may use the graphical front end Win-PS2EXE for convenience.
	Please see Remarks on project page for topics "GUI mode output formatting", "Config files", "Password security", "Script variables" and "Window in background in -noConsole mode".

	A generated executable has the following reserved parameters:

scriptingstudio / compare-array.ps1

Last active February 21, 2026 13:14

Yet another PS object fast comparer (2 editions)

	function Compare-Array {
	[CmdletBinding()]
	[alias('Compare-Object2','Compare-ObjectFast')]
	param (
	[Parameter(Position=0)]
	[psobject[]] $ReferenceObject,
	[Parameter(Position=1)]
	[psobject[]] $DifferenceObject,
	[switch] $IncludeEqual,
	[switch] $ExcludeDifferent

scriptingstudio / Get-FolderItem.ps1

Last active February 19, 2026 07:37

Fast File Finder. Lists all files under a specified folder regardless of character limitation on path depth. Based on Robocopy.

	<#
	Virtual multifunction via single function without additional parameters
	Get-FolderItem - list files
	Remove-FolderItem - delete files
	Copy-FolderItem - copy files
	Move-FolderItem - move files
	#>
	function Get-FolderItem {
	[cmdletbinding(DefaultParameterSetName='Filter')]
	[alias('Remove-FolderItem','Copy-FolderItem','Move-FolderItem')] #,'rfi','cfi','mfi','gfi'

scriptingstudio / slmgr-ps.ps1

Created February 4, 2026 06:47

SLMGR PowerShell workshop/framework to explore Windows activation management

	#Requires -Version 5

	<#
	.SYNOPSIS
	Windows Software Licensing Management Tool
	.DESCRIPTION
	SLMGR PowerShell workshop/framework to explore Windows activation management.
	This is a ported slmgr.vbs script.
	.NOTES
	- Prerelease prototype

scriptingstudio / filelocktester.ps1

Last active January 1, 2026 18:14

Simple File Lock Tester

	function Test-FileLock ([string]$Path, [int]$TimeOutMs, [int]$Count) {
	$timeout = $TimeOutMs
	if ($timeout -lt 0) {$timeout = 0}
	if ($Count -gt 0) {$Count--} else {$Count = 0}
	do {
	try {
	$OFile = [System.IO.FileInfo]::new($Path)
	$OStream = $OFile.Open([System.IO.FileMode]::Open, [System.IO.FileAccess]::ReadWrite, [System.IO.FileShare]::None)
	if ($OStream) {$OStream.Close()}
	return $false

scriptingstudio / EventInfo.ps1

Last active January 10, 2026 09:22

Simple Windows Event Log Converter

	# NOTE: XML doesn't take data types into account; it can be retrieved from event.Properties.Value, and the names can be taken from XML
	# NOTE: Event data without names can only be retrieved from event.Properties.Value
	function Convert-EventLog {
	[cmdletbinding()]
	[alias('cvev','Get-EventLogInfo')]
	param (
	[Parameter(Position=0,Mandatory,ValueFromPipeline)]
	#[System.Diagnostics.Eventing.Reader.EventLogRecord[]]
	[alias('inputobject')]$EventObject,
	[switch]$noType, # return event data as text

scriptingstudio / fixmac.ps1

Last active July 11, 2025 15:10

Work around for a faulty network adapter

	#Requires -RunAsAdministrator

	<#
	There are weird computers having physical netadapters without macaddress.
	This script finds faulty netadapters and assigns a random macaddress to the adapter
	#>

	Get-NetAdapter -Physical -ErrorAction 0 \| Where-Object {
	$_.InterfaceDescription -notmatch 'Wireless\|wi-fi\|virt\|Hyper-V' -and $_.MacAddress -eq '00-00-00-00-00-00'
	} \| ForEach-Object {

scriptingstudio / getremaining.ps1

Last active June 3, 2025 02:31

Get ValueFromRemainingArguments/Args as HashTable

	function test-remaining {
	[cmdletbinding()]
	param (
	[parameter(ValueFromRemainingArguments)]
	$remaining
	)

	$htRemaining = [ordered]@{}
	$unnamed = [System.Collections.Generic.list[object]]::new()
	$remaining \| ForEach-Object {

scriptingstudio / testadmin.cmd

Created May 22, 2025 07:16

Culture invariant admin privileges test in cmd

	powershell.exe -executionpolicy bypass -noninteractive -nologo -noprofile -command "&{ If (-not ([Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal] [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()).IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole] 'Administrator')) {write-warning 'You must run this script as an Administrator!'; cmd.exe /c pause; exit 1000} }"
	if ERRORLEVEL 1000 goto :EOF

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