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PowerShell Not Creating Smartsheet Row as Expected
BACKGROUND: I created a PowerShell script that reads a Word document, extracts fields, and then creates a row on a Smartsheet with the data from that Word document...but the row created was blank, even though it showed success in PowerShell (ID's replaced with asterisks). What could I be missing? Best, Chris Hallo | email address removed for privacy reasons FROM POWERSHELL: Results: Post row to Smartsheet? (Y/N): Y Posting row to Smartsheet... ✅ Row added. Response: message : SUCCESS resultCode : 0 version : 13580 result : @{id=*; sheetId=*; rowNumber=1; expanded=True; locked=False; lockedForUser=False; createdAt=2025-07-16T19:07:35Z; modifiedAt=2025-07-16T19:07:35Z; cells=System.Object[]}
Issue with loop not completing as expected
I am trying to write a script that parses a text file that has been generated earlier in the script and will go line by line using the text to configure cisco switches. The issue I am running into is the script will not configure every interface as expected. It always seems to stop at interface g1/0/30 and jumping to the next device and the same thing. Here is the loop portion of my script. When I check the $counterinit before it runs this part, it reads 55 but for some reason only completes about 30. At the end of the script the $counterinit is 0. I have also posted a copy of the text file. I am very new to PS scripting and trying my best. foreach ($port in $final) { if ($counterinit -le 1){ break } if ($port -match $FM) { $process.StandardInput.WriteLine($port) $process.StandardInput.WriteLine("device-tracking attach-policy ACCESS_IPDT") $process.StandardInput.WriteLine("exit") $process.StandardInput.Flush() $counterinit-- } elseif($port -match "!") { $process.StandardInput.WriteLine("!") $process.StandardInput.Flush() $counterinit-- } }
Update-AppxPackage....where is it????
hi, i am trying to update my Microsoft Store Apps using powershell. Several different sources like this: https://powershellcommands.com/update-windows-store-apps-powershell show simple code like this: Get-AppxPackage | ForEach-Object { Update-AppxPackage -Package $_.PackageFullName } the problem is that although get-appxpackage works fine, update-appxpackage throws an error....there seems to be no update-appxpackage commandlet installed on any system i have and moreover, i cannot find any documentation for this command anywhere.. am i crazy? where is this a real command, or are all these sites written by AI and just hallucinating?? thanks in advance
I need to remove an email from multiple exchange online mailboxes
PowerShell & Exchange Online. We had an online crime tips email sent to a distribution group in or organization. It has sensitive information related to an investigative case we're working on. We are a Law Enforcement Agency. I can connect to exchange with PowerShell but haven't been able to remove the message. Anyone have the proper syntax or guidance to share? Thank you!
Re-using computer account with Add-Computer
I am having an issue getting computers to rejoin the domain after they are reimaged. It has been working up until Windows 11 22H2. I found that KB5020276 changed re-using computer names, I have done all the required changes and the script still will not work but I am able to add the computer back to the domain if I use the GUI. Use the same network account in both. The account is a member of the Domain Admins. $domain= '<domain>' $password= "<password>" | ConvertTo-SecureString -asPlainText -Force #enter user account that will be used to join domain $user= '$domain\<user>' $cred= New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential($user,$password) #edit for OU path $oupath = '<path>' #add computer to OU Add-Computer -domainname $domain -oupath $oupath -Credential $cred -ErrorAction silentlycontinue #add computer to domain Add-Computer -DomainName $domain -Credential $cred Script output Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22621.1635] (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Administrator>powershell -nologo -executionpolicy bypass -noprofile -file C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1 Add-Computer : Computer 'TEST' failed to join domain '<domain>' from its current workgroup 'WORKGROUP' with following error message: The group name could not be found. At C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1:17 char:1 + Add-Computer -domainname $domain -oupath $oupath -Credential $cred + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (TEST:String) [Add-Computer], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToJoinDomainFromWorkgroup,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddComputerCommand Add-Computer : Computer 'TEST' failed to join domain '<domain>' from its current workgroup 'WORKGROUP' with following error message: An account with the same name exists in Active Directory. Re-using the account was blocked by security policy. At C:\test\CUR_Join.ps1:21 char:1 + Add-Computer -DomainName $domain -Credential $cred + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (TEST:String) [Add-Computer], InvalidOperationException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : FailToJoinDomainFromWorkgroup,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.AddComputerCommand NetSetup.log using script 05/09/2023 09:18:50:880 IsLegacyAccountReuseSetInRegistry returning: 'FALSE''. 05/09/2023 09:18:50:880 NetpManageMachineAccountWithSid: The computer account already exists in Active Directory.Re-using the account was blocked by security policy. NetSetup.log using GUI 05/09/2023 09:22:15:333 IsLegacyAccountReuseSetInRegistry returning: 'FALSE''. 05/09/2023 09:22:15:333 NetpCheckIfAccountShouldBeReused: Matching Owner and current user SIDs. Allowing re-use of account.resolve-dnsname returns odd data
hi, appreciate your time. I am working with resolve-dnsname and I am seeing some odd results. for example: resolve-dnsname -server 10.0.20.5 -name "60.16.40.194.in-addr.arpa" -NoHostsFile -type ptr Name Type TTL Section NameHost ---- ---- --- ------- -------- 60.16.40.194.in-addr.arpa. PTR 1200 Question LNB050825-LT3 so here is what's weird about this.... when I look at my dns server with dns manager and look at the reverse zone, I do not have a record for this IP address: Also, when I look at the resolve-dnsname data, I see there is something called "Section", and it is set to "Question". Also notice that the "NameHost" is short and not a FQDN. The "Section" is interesting because on requests the return the right data, Section is set to "Answer". Equally weird is that if I pick a different IP that I also know does not exist, I get this: PS C:\Trash> resolve-dnsname -server 10.0.20.5 -name "60.1.40.194.in-addr.arpa" -NoHostsFile -type ptr Resolve-DnsName: 60.1.40.194.in-addr.arpa : DNS name does not exist. this is what I would expect if the record does not exist....so what is happening in the first example? Thanks in advance for anyone's time on this.Array and array member methods
The following PowerShell code: class MyClass { } class MyClass1 : MyClass { [void] OutMsg([string] $Str) { Write-Host -Object "MyClass1: $Str" } } class MyClass2 : MyClass { [void] OutMsg([string] $Str) { Write-Host -Object "MyClass2: $Str" } } [MyClass[]] $ClassArray = @([MyClass1]::new(), [MyClass2]::new()) $ClassArray.OutMsg('TestString') outputs: MyClass1: TestString MyClass2: TestString A Get-Member -InputObject $ClassArray shows me that the array object itself has no OutMsg method. Why can I successfully call $ClassArray.OutMsg('TestString') though (looks like this calls the OutMsg method of each array member in turn)?Differences with X509Certificate2 between Powershell and PWSH Core (Windows)
Hi all, I wrote some code that loads a certificate from a crt file and it works so far. But with PWSH (7.5.1) some properties (like DnsNameList) are empty. With Windows Powershell the properties are filled. This is true, even when using static LoadCertificateFromFile class under PWSH. (Otherwise I load the certificate with [ X509Certificate2]::new( thebytes )) The validity of the certificate makes no difference so far. It would be nice if anyone has a suggestion how I can work around that issue. THX in advance and best regards!When creating a new team from a template with powershell add new private channel and members
Hi All, I have a powershell script I am using to create and populate new teams from a template and add owners and users via .csv, Everything seem to work fine except the private team in the template is not copied to the new teams. Is there a way to copy the private team with its members from the template? if not how can I add a new private team and add users from a .csv file to my existing script. Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Teams Connect-MgGraph -Scope Group.ReadWrite.All Connect-MicrosoftTeams $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue' ######################### #Variable definition: $DefaultModelTeam = "Team template ID" $MembersFilePath = "C:\Users\t130218\Desktop\owlimport_365.csv" $OwnersFilePath = "C:\Users\t130218\Desktop\TeamOwners.csv" ######################### Function CreaTeam{ param( [Parameter(Position=0)] [string]$displayName, [Parameter(Position=1)] [string]$description ) begin{ $params = @{ partsToClone = "apps,tabs,settings,channels" displayName = $displayName description = $description mailNickname = $displayName #visibility = "public" } #Disable "Crea" button in order to avoid duplicate Teams creation $btnCrea.enabled=$false #Message output and waiting time countdown for allow new Tean creation finalization $lblMessaggio.text="Creazione Team in corso..." $teamId= $txtTemplate.text Copy-MgTeam -TeamId $teamId -BodyParameter $params $lblTeamId.text = "Attendere 20 secondi" Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 $lblTeamId.text = "Attendere 15 secondi" Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 $lblTeamId.text = "Attendere 10 secondi" Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 $lblTeamId.text = "Attendere 5 secondi" Start-Sleep -Seconds 5 #The Teamid of the team that was just created can only be discovered via Team name search $newTeam= Get-MgGroup | Where-Object {$_.DisplayName -like $displayName} $lblTeamId.text=$newTeam.Id #Get Team members from the CSV $TeamUsers = Import-Csv $MembersFilePath -delimiter ";" #Iterate through each row obtained from the CSV and add to Teams as a Team member $TeamUsers | ForEach-Object { Add-TeamUser -GroupId $newTeam.id -User $_.m365_email -Role Member Write-host "Added User:"$_.m365_email -f Green } #Get Team owners from the CSV $TeamOwners = Import-Csv $OwnersFilePath -delimiter ";" #Iterate through each row obtained from the CSV and add to Teams as a Team member $TeamOwners | ForEach-Object { Add-TeamUser -GroupId $newTeam.id -User $_.m365_email -Role Owner Write-host "Added Owner:"$_.m365_email -f Green } } } Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::EnableVisualStyles() $CorsoTeams = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Form $CorsoTeams.ClientSize = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(1200,575) $CorsoTeams.text = "Corso Teams - Crea Struttura" $CorsoTeams.TopMost = $false $lblNomeCorso = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblNomeCorso.text = "Nome del corso" $lblNomeCorso.AutoSize = $true $lblNomeCorso.width = 25 $lblNomeCorso.height = 10 $lblNomeCorso.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(40,79) $lblNomeCorso.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $btnCrea = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button $btnCrea.text = "Crea" $btnCrea.width = 150 $btnCrea.height = 67 $btnCrea.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(373,298) $btnCrea.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',16) $btnChiudi = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button $btnChiudi.text = "Chiudi" $btnChiudi.width = 150 $btnChiudi.height = 67 $btnChiudi.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(628,298) $btnChiudi.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',16) $lblDataCorso = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblDataCorso.text = "Data del corso" $lblDataCorso.AutoSize = $true $lblDataCorso.width = 25 $lblDataCorso.height = 10 $lblDataCorso.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(39,143) $lblDataCorso.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $lblDescrizione = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblDescrizione.text = "Descrizione (facoltativa)" $lblDescrizione.AutoSize = $true $lblDescrizione.width = 25 $lblDescrizione.height = 10 $lblDescrizione.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(39,210) $lblDescrizione.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $txtDataCorso = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtDataCorso.multiline = $false $txtDataCorso.width = 150 $txtDataCorso.height = 40 $txtDataCorso.enabled = $true $txtDataCorso.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(370,134) $txtDataCorso.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',20) $txtNomeTeam = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtNomeTeam.multiline = $false $txtNomeTeam.width = 405 $txtNomeTeam.height = 40 $txtNomeTeam.enabled = $true $txtNomeTeam.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(370,75) $txtNomeTeam.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',20) $txtDescrizione = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtDescrizione.multiline = $false $txtDescrizione.width = 405 $txtDescrizione.height = 40 $txtDescrizione.enabled = $true $txtDescrizione.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(370,210) $txtDescrizione.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',20) $btnChiudi = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Button $btnChiudi.text = "Chiudi" $btnChiudi.width = 150 $btnChiudi.height = 67 $btnChiudi.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(628,298) $btnChiudi.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',16) $lblMessaggio = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblMessaggio.text = "INSERIRE I DATI" $lblMessaggio.AutoSize = $true $lblMessaggio.width = 25 $lblMessaggio.height = 10 $lblMessaggio.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(40,493) $lblMessaggio.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $lblTemplate = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblTemplate.text = "Modello Team utilizzato:" $lblTemplate.AutoSize = $true $lblTemplate.width = 25 $lblTemplate.height = 10 $lblTemplate.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(40,400) $lblTemplate.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',8) $txtTemplate = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.TextBox $txtTemplate.multiline = $false $txtTemplate.width = 405 $txtTemplate.height = 40 $txtTemplate.enabled = $true $txtTemplate.text = $DefaultModelTeam $txtTemplate.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(370,400) $txtTemplate.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',14) $lblTeamId = New-Object system.Windows.Forms.Label $lblTeamId.text = "" $lblTeamId.AutoSize = $true $lblTeamId.width = 25 $lblTeamId.height = 10 $lblTeamId.location = New-Object System.Drawing.Point(540,493) $lblTeamId.Font = New-Object System.Drawing.Font('Microsoft Sans Serif',10) $CorsoTeams.controls.AddRange(@($lblNomeCorso,$btnCrea,$lblDataCorso,$txtDataCorso,$txtNomeTeam,$btnChiudi,$lblMessaggio,$lblDescrizione,$txtDescrizione, $lblTeamId,$lblTemplate,$txtTemplate )) $txtDataCorso.text=Get-Date -Format "dd/MM/yyyy" $btnCrea.Add_Click({ $NomeTeamCompleto=$txtNomeTeam.text+" - "+$txtDataCorso.text CreaTeam $NomeTeamCompleto $txtDescrizione.text $lblMessaggio.text= "Team creato - TeamId:" }) $btnChiudi.Add_Click({$CorsoTeams.Close()}) [void]$CorsoTeams.ShowDialog()Copy-Item -Recurse bug
We are copying files using the Copy-Item cmdlet from a local disk to a remote disk. The source folder contains around 900 files in numerous subdirectories. Copy-Item -Path "build\image\*" -Destination $output_path -Recurse -Verbose Get-Command Copy-Item | Select-Object Name, Version Name Version ---- ------- Copy-Item 3.1.0.0
