We show you how to create and run PowerShell script file in Windows. You can create it using virtually any text editor or the ISE console.

Open PowerShell, then copy and paste the following script and hit Enter. Be sure to replace 'J:\OrganizeDownloadsFolder.ps1 ' with the full file path to your OrganizeDownloadsFolder.ps1 script.

The script shown above starts out by using the Start-VM cmdlet to boot a virtual machine named VM1. Once that command has been processed, PowerShell launches into a While loop.

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How to Run Powershell Script on Startup in Windows 7. The Powershell Script application is a Windows-based program that allows network administrators to perform tasks on multiple computers at one ...

Scripts in PowerShell are basically just text files with the special filename extension of ps1. To create a script, you enter a bunch of PowerShell commands in a sequence in a new Notepad file (or ...

PowerShell has made it dead simple to automate all kinds of things. However, its simplicity can be deceiving. PowerShell takes the complexity out of script writing but unless you're writing a ...

Figure 1. I have converted a PowerShell script into .EXE format. Figure 2 confirms that I was able to run the newly created executable file. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 2.

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