Just ran into this issue and solved it by using powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File C:\path\to\script.ps1. Seems there was an issue with the signed module so I just set it to not check the sign. If SQL Server Agent is launching PowerShell via a CmdExec step and appears to run forever, it can also be hanging on …

Recently, I ran into an issue after applying a few security updates and subsequent reboots: a number of the SQL services did not start successfully. After running the following script, I've had success with SQL services starting as expected after reboot. It's basically a built-in service start retry. You can read more …

about what I retired and what I was continuing to use. Since then, I actually started streaming about Cajun cooking for my website, RealCajunRecipes.com. I bought a couple cool things for that setup, including an awesome Madonna mic, which is called that because she made it famous in her Express Yourself video. I also …

I really abhor the new ad in the PowerShell 5.1 console and it seems there's no hope of Microsoft making it go away. After a long, involved conversation with the community and the PowerShell team that confirmed it's impossible for the advertisement (?!) to be easily removed, it looks like the only solution is to bypass …

When performing file migrations, PowerShell's Copy-Item is not ideal. I've since forgotten the original reasons I concluded this with the rest of the Internet, but this quote from reddit covers it pretty well. The Copy-Item and Move-Item cmdlets are general purpose commands. They have the ability to handle many …

Back in January and February, I wrote couple posts that highlighted my journey into livestreaming, from understanding the different services/platforms to the lighting I used. Since then, I got pretty deep into the hardware part but actually returned to a simplified setup. The third iteration was pretty intense. I even …

Back in January, I wrote an introduction to livestreaming titled My First Twitch Livestream Setup. In it, I created the how-to guide for getting started that I wish I had the day I found Twitch. It's now been a couple weeks and I'm becoming more acclimated to Twitch, though I still don't get emotes and would prefer if …

This post is about all the things I use to fill my life with dark mode. I'm mostly writing to tell everyone about a free browser plugin, Dark Reader, that's incredible, but will include other extras as well. Dark Reader The browser plugin Dark Reader has changed my life and I'm obsessed with it. As I explained to a …

Back in December, I found Twitch and fell in love with livestreaming. It was amazing watching people code in PowerShell with blinged out profiles and cool cut screens. Whaaat, this is a thing? I love it! Getting started I jumped into streaming (I'm potatoqualitee on Twitch) as soon as I found the PowerShell Live …

Recently, I was trying to publish a module and ran into an error: Failed to generate the compressed file for module 'Attempting to build package ...' After searching for a bit, I found someone who fixed a similar issue with a nuget reisntall. That got me thinking that my psd1 was not problematic, but rather my …