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Title: Final Std_Out Powershell teaser
Post by: spl on July 28, 2026, 10:18:26 AM
The attached .wbt script is as simple as it gets to (1) determine PS is installed via Registry query (2) and if installed output available modules in gridview.

And, for the curious, the Powershell Gallery is the main repository of some pretty incredible modules. Put this sample into the previous code I posted to see what can be installed

;sample 5
q = '*WMI*'  ; or try '*Excel*'  or '*SQL*'
args = "Find-Module {q} | Select Name, Version, Author, ProjectUri, Description | Out-Gridview -Title 'Searching for {q} Modules' -PassThru"
args = StrReplace(args,'{q}',q)
Title: Re: Final Std_Out Powershell teaser
Post by: td on July 29, 2026, 07:27:51 AM
I tried the above, but it ran for so long that the OS decided the process had hung. Being an impatient soul, I eventually just killed it.
Title: Re: Final Std_Out Powershell teaser
Post by: spl on July 29, 2026, 09:46:44 AM
Quote from: td on Today at 07:27:51 AMI tried the above, but it ran for so long that the OS decided the process had hung. Being an impatient soul, I eventually just killed it.

I had Jim test it before I uploaded. I have over 300 modules installed, and it took a long time for me to get a GUI gridview. But it was meant to terminate immediately if reg entry was not there. Besides, most of the stuff could just be run from commandline. Sorry, you had an issue --- maybe a problem with Winbatch
Title: Re: Final Std_Out Powershell teaser
Post by: JTaylor on July 29, 2026, 10:12:12 AM
It took about 10 seconds to display for me but I only had about 75+- modules.

Jim