{"id":11949,"date":"2011-12-22T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-22T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11949"},"modified":"2011-12-22T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-22T15:00:00","slug":"powershell-use-the-powershell-integrated-scripting-environment-ise-gui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=11949","title":{"rendered":"PowerShell: Use the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) GUI"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those of us who are old enough started working with computers from a scripting interface (BASIC) or via green screen.  You old geezers with punch cards probably find PowerShell really easy.  Those who have grown up using the Windows GUI must find PowerShell totally alien \u2013 searching for help  and configuring a machine from a command prompt.<\/p>\n

You can make things a little easier using ISE, the Integrate Scripting Environment.  You can add this Windows feature (a subset of Windows PowerShell in Windows 8) to make scripting and configuring a little easier.<\/p>\n

The Commands pane allows you to find cmdlets in any or all modules.  Select it, hit Insert and it goes into a PowerShell pane (bottom-left).  Or you can Copy the cmdlet, and paste it into the script pane (middle).<\/p>\n

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In my previous posts I\u2019ve talked about using help<\/em> and get-member<\/em> to figure out what a cmdlet can do.  With ISE, you have Intellisense.  In my example, I\u2019ve used Insert to put the Get-NetAdapter<\/em> cmdlet into the PowerShell pane.  Then I typed the hyphen and Intellisense kicked in, presenting everything that was valid from that point onwards.  <\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t know the cmdlets you\u2019re working with, this is a nice way to figure out things in an environment that can be a little more helpful.<\/p>\n

If you run the cmdlet in the bottom-left scripting pane, then the results appear in the top-left pane.  If you write a script in the middle pane and hit the green run arrow that appears in the menu bar, then you see the results in that top-right pane as well.  That keeps the whole environment nice and clean, and allows you to modify things quickly without jumping from window to window.<\/p>\n

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Those of us who are old enough started working with computers from a scripting interface (BASIC) or via green screen.  You old geezers with punch cards probably find PowerShell really easy.  Those who have grown up using the Windows GUI must find PowerShell totally alien \u2013 searching for help  and configuring a machine from a … Continue reading “PowerShell: Use the PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) GUI”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[87,189,109],"class_list":["post-11949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scripting","tag-powershell","tag-scripting","tag-windows-8"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t