Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. The 14-year-old command processor ...

We’ve all been there—staring at a locked Excel file, unable to make the edits we desperately need because the password is nowhere to be found. It’s frustrating, isn’t it? Whether it’s an old file you ...

Converting data from a PDF file into an Excel spreadsheet can be a daunting task, especially when dealing with large datasets. However, Microsoft Excel’s built-in features provide a seamless solution ...

Viewing and changing your BIOS settings can be a painful experience; you need to reboot your system, hit the right key combinations at the right time to enter the BIOS, navigate around somewhat ...

We're going to build off my previous series to show how to further the communication channel between Excel and PowerShell. In a recent series of posts, I explained how to launch a PowerShell script ...

Microsoft is polishing up a new PowerToys utility to improve the user experience on PowerShell in Windows 10 and 11 by suggesting installations of missing components through WinGet packages. Teased ...

In my previous post, I showed you how to create a clickable button in Excel. That button displayed a simple message box. Now, I want to show you how to use the button to kick off a PowerShell script.

The MSIXbundle comes with great benefits over having different MSIX packages for specific architectures. It is a more scalable way to distribute your applications. One way to install MSIXBundle is by ...

New guidance shows how to harden PowerShell and make it more difficult for threat actors to hijack for malicious purposes. Living off the land is not the title of a gardening book. It’s the goal of ...

Cybersecurity authorities from the US, the UK, and New Zealand have advised businesses and government agencies to properly configure Microsoft's built-in Windows command-line tool, PowerShell – but ...

This error occurs when the code is incompatible with the version or architecture of this application. For instance, if code in a document targets 32-bit Microsoft ...