Update a Sharepoint List (document library)

[ismailc]

Good day, I need help.
I need to update a Sharepoint List using Powershell from my PC & not on the Sharepoint Server. Very new to Powershell - only installed yesterday on my PC.
I installed powershell got powershell to execute a simple script successfully. Now trying to update the Document Library Ran this on my PC: PS C:> .Powershell1.ps1
i get the following error: New-Object : Cannot find type [Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite]: make sure the asse mbly containing this type is loaded. At C:Powershell1.ps1:7 char:21 + $spSite = new-object <<<< Microsoft.SharePoint.SPSite
The code of the file: [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName(

[jvierra]

Updates directly to teh database are possible but be careful as you have little control over much of the environment.

Good Luck

[jhicks]

If you can do something with VBScript you can easily do it in PowerShell, sometimes even easier. PowerShell can work with COM objects like VBScript and even with VBScript objects like wscript.network.