![]() Anyone familiar with Notepad can handle that. Now lets package that script with the Windows Application engine and see what happens. Consoles have buffer limits and, for some reason, those more inclined to use a mouse, have an inexplicable dislike for anything in a console.īut wait, Notepad, everyone knows how to use Notepad, right? The seasoned admins among you know that it gets squirrely when there are many more servers and content scrolls. Here is what it looks like when you run the script. So here is my shoutout to Martin Pugh, thanks for the network speed script! I did what many do today, I searched the internet for a script and modified it to suit my purpose. So here you are, trying to make your life easier by writing a script only to have to go into either development mode and make that script a GUI application or to go into teaching mode and lecture helpdesk employees on the use of consoles. Let’s face it, PowerShell is a console language, but not everyone is familiar or comfortable with using a console. ![]() ![]() Now you have to go and explain that this is a console window flashing and they need to open a console to run that exe or script from there.Īfter wasting this perfectly good explanation you most likely have to go in person and set up a shortcut for the user to do all you just explained. Many of you like to package that script as an executable file to prevent the user from “experimenting” with your code and messing things up in the process.įrom what we hear, it is quite common for these users to come back and say they only see a flashing window when they try to run your script. One of the more common tasks for an administrator is to write a script for a helpdesk employee or a fellow admin who is maybe not so PowerShell savvy (yet). ![]() The Windows Application Engine Turning your Script into an Application
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