Installing PowerShell v5? Be a Little Careful, OK?
I’m getting a lot of questions from folks, via Twitter and other venues, regarding Windows Management Framework 5.0 - which is where PowerShell v5 comes from. It’s awesome that people are installing v5 and kicking the tires - however, please help spread the word:
- v5 is a preview. It isn’t done, and it isn’t guaranteed bug-free. It shouldn’t be installed on production computers until it’s officially released.
- v5 doesn’t install ‘side by side’ with v3 or v4. You can’t run it with “-version 3” to “downgrade.” Now, v5 shouldn’t break anything - something that runs in v3 or v4 should still work fine - but there are no guarantees as it’s a preview and not released code at this stage.
- Server software (Exchange, SharePoint, etc) often has a hard dependency on a specific version of PowerShell. You need to look into that before you install v5.
- After installing v5, you might not be able to cleanly uninstall and revert to a prior version.
Generally speaking, v5 should be installed in a test virtual machine at the very least, not on a production computer. It’s great to play with it, and you should absolutely log bugs and suggestions to http://connect.microsoft.com.
This situation will be true for any pre-release preview of PowerShell or WMF going forward. “Preview” is the new Microsoft-speak for “beta,” and you should treat it as such. Play with it, yes - that’s the whole point, and it’s how we get a stable, clean release in the end. But play with caution, and never on production computers.
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Media Sync: Organize Your Photos and Videos with PowerShell
Do you have photos and videos that you have taken over the years that are scattered all over the place? Do you want to have all your photos and videos organized? Do you want all your photos and videos to have a standardized naming scheme? If you answered YES to these questions, then this is the post for you. In this post, I will provide you with the PowerShell code and examples for how to use the Media Sync script. The Media Sync script utilizes the Shell.Application COM object to gather file metadata. Only files that have a picture or video metadata type will be processed. The script uses the date taken for pictures and the media created metadata fields to organize the photos and videos. If there is no date taken or media created available for a given file, the script will use the modify date instead. The script also ensures that you won’t have any duplicate files by checking the file hashes of the two files in question. If the script detects duplicate files, it will only keep one copy of the file. There are also tools included to help you cleanup unwanted files or folders, delete empty directories and find duplicate files. The script has a simple menu driven PowerShell GUI similar to what I did in a previous post . The Media Sync PowerShell script provides the following features: