Problem scenario
Using PowerShell, how do you retrieve all files that are greater than 20 MB?

Solution
Run a command like this:

Get-ChildItem C:\ -recurse | where-object {$_.length -gt 20971520} | Sort-Object length | ft fullname, length -auto

This was adapted from this external website.

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Problem scenario
You want to install Firefox on a Windows server without using the traditional GUI method. What should you do?

Solution
Updated on 5/16/21
1. Open PowerShell ISE as Administrator (right click it, go to More -Run as Administrator).
2. Run this script (e.g., firefox.ps1):

# This script was mostly taken from https://forum.pulseway.com/topic/1940-install-firefox-with-powershell/

# www.continualintegration.com changed the version number of Firefox and added some comments
# Silent Install Firefox

# Download URL: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/

# Path for the workdir
$workdir = “c:\installer\”

# Check if work directory exists if not create it

If (Test-Path -Path $workdir -PathType Container)
{ Write-Host “$workdir already exists” -ForegroundColor Red}
ELSE
{ New-Item -Path $workdir -ItemType directory }

# Download the installer

$source = “https://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-88.0.1-SSL&os=win64&lang=en-US”
$destination = “$workdir\firefox.exe”

# Check if Invoke-Webrequest exists otherwise execute WebClient

if (Get-Command ‘Invoke-Webrequest’)
{
Invoke-WebRequest $source -OutFile $destination
}
else
{
$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
$webclient.DownloadFile($source, …

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Problem scenario
You want to restart Windows Management Instrumentation services using PowerShell. What command will cycle WMI in PowerShell?

Solution
Open PowerShell as an Administrator. Run this command: restart-service winmgmt

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