win os - How to list users connected to remote server

With this command:

quser

Output:

POWERSHELL - How to close all windows of specified process

This example shows script for closing all processes of "iexplore".

List of these running processes:

Get-Process iexplore

Output could be:

Handles  NPM(K)    PM(K)      WS(K) VM(M)   CPU(s)     Id ProcessName                                                                                                    
-------  ------    -----      ----- -----   ------     -- -----------                                                                                                    
    499      46    29208      58308   303     0,45  25512 iexplore                                                                                                       
    641      54    13280      31924   212     0,31  26804 iexplore   

Here is the script for killing of this running processes:

# get process (check if exists)

$process = Get-Process iexplore -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

# kill it

if ( $process ) { 
   
    echo " -> process found..it will be killed.." 
    
    $process.Kill()
}
else { 
    echo " -> process not found.." 
}

Output:

-> process found..it will be killed..

POWERSHELL - How write colored text output

write-host 'This is with red backgroud' -BackgroundColor Red
write-host '..and this is with yellow foretext' -ForegroundColor Yellow

Output:

POWERSHELL - How to solve "import-module : the specified module 'activedirectory' was not loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory." error

When you get for this powershell command,

Import-Module ActiveDirectory 

this error:

import-module : the specified module 'activedirectory' was not 
loaded because no valid module file was found in any module directory.

, you have to install "Active Directory Management Gateway Service" at first, and then run command again.

The command get for you access to AD powershell functions.

POWERSHELL - Send output to file (with appending)

This example send first output to bothdirs.txt; second line with ">>" appends second output to end of file.

dir c:\tmp > c:\tmp\bothdirs.txt;
dir C:\Intel >> c:\tmp\bothdirs.txt;

notepad c:\tmp\bothdirs.txt;

Output:

Directory: C:\tmp

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name                                                                                                                        
----                -------------     ------ ----                                                                                                                        
d----       24. 5. 2018     11:05            png                                                                                                                         
-a---        1. 6. 2018     10:50          0 bothdirs.txt                                                                                                                
-a---       31. 5. 2018     13:54       8304 export.txt                                                                                                                  

    Directory: C:\Intel

Mode                LastWriteTime     Length Name                                                                                                                        
----                -------------     ------ ----                                                                                                                        
d----       14. 7. 2017     15:44            ExtremeGraphics                                                                                                             
d----       23. 5. 2018     12:47            gp                                                                                                                          
d----       14. 7. 2017     15:41            Logs