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July 15, 2008
Windows Powershell and Process Explorer
Recently, Slashdot posed the question "What features Windows 7 Should Include if they are to have a hope for recovery?"
I posted some of my pet peeves in the comments, basically saying I want more control over the O/S, and less questioning of my commands ("are you sure you want to delete that/kill that?", etc.)
In the replies, I got some feedback that pointed me to Windows PowerShell, which would reportedly solve some of my problems in my current O/S (Windows XP Pro SP2). So, I downloaded and installed PowerShell and, guess what? It's basically a DOS window with a command line interface. Nice. How far we've, come windows. What's old is new again, eh?
Another post recommended I install Process Explorer which looks pretty slick. I installed this, and I think I like it. It's much better than Task Manager, in any event.
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 15, 2008 at 9:13 AM
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If you go to the Process Explorer link above, and look in the left column, there's a link to the entire Sysinternals Suite.
Scroll to the bottom of that page, or look at the top of the right column, and you can download every Sysinternals tool in one package.
Posted by: Robert on July 15, 2008 at 10:13 AM
In 2006, Microsoft released Windows Powershell, a new command line shell that, via cmdlets, scripts, and executables, allow core system administration tasks to be scripted. While this functionality has been available on Unix-type systems for decades, Microsoft's version will almost certainly, within a few years, be available on several hundred million PCs. So how does the Powershell stack up against Linux favorite bash? MSDN links to this Bash vs Powershell article.
Posted by: Bash vs. Powershell on July 15, 2008 at 11:11 AM
You really should give PowerShell more of a look. It's really very cool.
Posted by: Greg on July 15, 2008 at 4:34 PM