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Chapter 2. PowerShell hosts

Figure 2.1. An elevated PowerShell session from Windows 8.1. Notice the Administrator label in the caption.

Figure 2.2. The Windows PowerShell console from Windows 8.1 after running the function in listing 2.1 in your profile.

Figure 2.3. The default ISE layout uses two vertically stacked panes together with the Command Addon pane (which we’ve removed here). The title shows that ISE is being run in a nonelevated manner—using the function in listing 2.1 as part of our profile.

Figure 2.4. The split view gives you more room to edit a script.

Figure 2.5. Getting to know the ISE toolbar can save you time when performing common tasks.

Figure 2.6. The ISE supports multiple PowerShell tabs, as well as multiple script files within each tab.

Chapter 3. Using the PowerShell help system

Figure 3.1. Results of using the –ShowWindow parameter with Get-Help

Chapter 4. The basics of PowerShell syntax

Figure 4.1. Even dialog boxes have parameters.

Figure 4.2. Graphical parameters map to the text-based parameters used by PowerShell.

Figure 4.3. PowerShell’s Show-Command cmdlet graphically prompts you to fill in a command’s parameters.

Figure 4.4. Creating a list of computer names in Notepad

Chapter 7. Working with objects

Figure 7.1. Creating a simple database as an Excel spreadsheet

Figure 7.2. Viewing converted-to-HTML data in Internet Explorer

Chapter 8. The PowerShell pipeline

Figure 8.1. Piping in old shells just connects StdOut to StdIn.