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Re: Using PowerShell to detect and remove certain type of software?
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 3:44 am
by ITEngineer
jvierra wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:03 pm
PowerShell 2 is no longer supported by Microsoft. It is considered a security problem. You need to upgrade.
PS does not support most of the extensions to PS at V3 and later. Just add the "= $true" to the "[Parameter(" statement
[Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
Mr. Vierra,
Thanks for the update, I can see the script is now working:
Do I just set the command switch below to make it happens?
$WhatIfPreference = $
true
$global:ShouldProcess = $
true
Re: Using PowerShell to detect and remove certain type of software?
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:06 am
by jvierra
To further modify the design to obtain the desired behaviors we can use PwoerShell's built-in capability of setting and managing the preferences dynamically.
Here is how that is accomplished in code.
<file to be posted>
Re: Using PowerShell to detect and remove certain type of software?
Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2018 11:41 am
by jvierra
I have modified the example to produce extra messages that make what is happening easier to understand - I think.