Run PowerShell from File Explorer

Wolfgang Sommergut

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Wolfgang Sommergut has over 20 years of experience in IT journalism. He has also worked as a system administrator and as a tech consultant. Today he runs the German publication WindowsPro.de.

The folder context menu in File Explorer sports a menu item for opening a command prompt. However, for PowerShell, you have to add the entry yourself. The free PowerShell Prompt tool makes the task easy.

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Wolfgang Sommergut

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Wolfgang Sommergut has over 20 years of experience in IT journalism. He has also worked as a system administrator and as a tech consultant. Today he runs the German publication WindowsPro.de.

The folder context menu in File Explorer sports a menu item for opening a command prompt. However, for PowerShell, you have to add the entry yourself. The free PowerShell Prompt tool makes the task easy.

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Disable lock screen password

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Michael Pietroforte is the founder and editor of 4sysops. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 30 years of experience in system administration.

In some environments, you will want to disable the lock screen because frequent password re-entries reduce your productivity.

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Michael PietroforteMVP

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Michael Pietroforte is the founder and editor of 4sysops. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 30 years of experience in system administration.

In some environments, you will want to disable the lock screen because frequent password re-entries reduce your productivity.

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Convert EXE to MSI with EMCO MSI Package Builder 6

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Joseph Moody is an admin for a public school and helps manage 5,500 PCs. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Software Packaging, Distribution, and Servicing. He blogs at DeployHappiness.com.

Version 6 of EMCO MSI Package Builder includes Windows 10 MSI compatibility and a streamlined UI, and it makes driver/application deployment much easier. In December, EMCO offers a 20% discount.

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Joseph MoodyMVP

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Joseph Moody is an admin for a public school and helps manage 5,500 PCs. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Software Packaging, Distribution, and Servicing. He blogs at DeployHappiness.com.

Version 6 of EMCO MSI Package Builder includes Windows 10 MSI compatibility and a streamlined UI, and it makes driver/application deployment much easier. In December, EMCO offers a 20% discount.

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Starting File Explorer from PowerShell in the current folder

Wolfgang Sommergut

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Wolfgang Sommergut has over 20 years of experience in IT journalism. He has also worked as a system administrator and as a tech consultant. Today he runs the German publication WindowsPro.de.

Even if you prefer working at a command prompt, in some cases you might want to switch to the GUI. For example, File Explorer might be more efficient if you have to work with a large number of files that you can’t simply select with a pattern such as *.txt. In such a scenario you probably want to open File Explorer from PowerShell at a specific destination folder.

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Wolfgang Sommergut

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Wolfgang Sommergut has over 20 years of experience in IT journalism. He has also worked as a system administrator and as a tech consultant. Today he runs the German publication WindowsPro.de.

Even if you prefer working at a command prompt, in some cases you might want to switch to the GUI. For example, File Explorer might be more efficient if you have to work with a large number of files that you can’t simply select with a pattern such as *.txt. In such a scenario you probably want to open File Explorer from PowerShell at a specific destination folder.

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Is the default Active Directory password policy good?

Michael PietroforteMVP

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Michael Pietroforte is the founder and editor of 4sysops. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 30 years of experience in system administration.

One of the first things I do after I set up a new domain is change the default Active Directory password policy. If you didn’t do this, you have a security problem. In addition, you are wasting your organization’s money.

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Michael PietroforteMVP

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Michael Pietroforte is the founder and editor of 4sysops. He is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) with more than 30 years of experience in system administration.

One of the first things I do after I set up a new domain is change the default Active Directory password policy. If you didn’t do this, you have a security problem. In addition, you are wasting your organization’s money.

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