A Repository of my random scripts and functions writen over the years, there is a wyde range of tools in this module, used by a SysAdmin and EUC Administrator.

Boxstarter scripts to setup a new windows machine.

• Run the following commands to install Boxstarter:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
[System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072 
iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://boxstarter.org/bootstrapper.ps1'))
Get-Boxstarter -Force

• Then click on one of the below links to start.

Warning

You will need a valid github userid and token to continue.

• Run the following to update or install apps using the module: PSPackageMan (PS Gallary)

Invoke-RestMethod https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smitpi/PSToolKit/master/PSToolKit/Control_Scripts/Run-Install-Apps.ps1 | Invoke-Expression

• Run the following to update or install PS Modules using the module: PWSHModule (PS Gallary)

Invoke-RestMethod https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smitpi/PSToolKit/master/PSToolKit/Control_Scripts/Run-Install-Modules.ps1 | Invoke-Expression

• Install this module.

Invoke-RestMethod https://raw.githubusercontent.com/smitpi/PSToolKit/master/PSToolKit/Control_Scripts/Run-Install-PSToolKit.ps1 | Invoke-Expression

• Run this script to install from GitHub GitHub Repo

$CurrentLocation = Get-Item .
$ModuleDestination = (Join-Path (Get-Item (Join-Path (Get-Item $profile).Directory 'Modules')).FullName -ChildPath PSToolKit)
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/smitpi/PSToolKit $ModuleDestination 2>&1 | Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow
Set-Location $ModuleDestination
git filter-branch --prune-empty --subdirectory-filter Output HEAD 2>&1 | Write-Host -ForegroundColor Yellow
Set-Location $CurrentLocation

• Or from the created Powershell Script:

Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force
(New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadFile('https://bit.ly/35sEu2b', "$($env:tmp)\Start-PSToolkitSystemInitialize.ps1")
Import-Module (Get-Item "$($env:tmp)\Start-PSToolkitSystemInitialize.ps1") -Force; Start-PSToolkitSystemInitialize

• Then import the module into your session

Import-Module PSToolKit -Verbose -Force

• or run these commands for more help and details.

Get-Command -Module PSToolKit
Get-Help about_PSToolKit

Documentation can be found at: Github_Pages

• boxstarter-install.ps1
• call-initial.ps1
• Initial-Setup.ps1
• Run-Install-Apps.ps1
• Run-Install-Modules.ps1
• Run-Install-PSToolKit.ps1

• Add-ChocolateyPrivateRepo -- Add a private repository to Chocolatey.
• Backup-ElevatedShortcut -- Exports the RunAss shortcuts, to a zip file
• Backup-PowerShellProfile -- Creates a zip file from the ps profile directories
• Compare-ADMembership -- Compare two users AD group memberships
• Connect-VMWareCluster -- Connect to a vSphere cluster to perform other commands or scripts
• Disable-WebEncoding -- decode a URL
• Edit-SSHConfigFile -- Creates and modifies the ssh config file in their profile.
• Enable-RemoteHostPSRemoting -- enable ps remote remotely
• Enable-WebEncoding -- encode a URL
• Export-ESXTemplate -- Export all VM Templates from vSphere to local disk.
• Find-ChocolateyApp -- Search the online repo for software
• Find-OnlineModule -- Creates reports based on PSGallery.
• Find-OnlineScript -- Creates reports based on PSGallery. Filtered by scripts
• Get-CitrixClientVersion -- Report on the CItrix workspace versions the users are using.
• Get-CitrixPolicy -- Export Citrix Policies
• Get-CommandFiltered -- Finds commands on the system and sort it according to module
• Get-DotNetVersions -- List all the installed versions of .net.
• Get-FolderSize -- Gets folder sizes using COM and with a fallback to robocopy.exe with the logging option
• Get-FQDN -- Get FQDN for a device, and checks if it is online
• Get-FullADUserDetail -- Extract user details from the domain
• Get-MyPSGalleryReport -- Gallery report
• Get-MyPSGalleryStat -- Show stats about my published modules.
• Get-NestedADGroupMember -- Extract users from an AD group recursive, 4 levels deep.
• Get-ProcessPerformance -- Gets the top 10 processes by CPU %
• Get-PropertiesToCSV -- Get member data of an object. Use it to create other PSObjects.
• Get-PSObject -- Show all Object Methods and Properties.
• Get-RDSSessionReport -- Reports on Connects and Disconnects on a RDS Farm.
• Get-ServerInventory -- Connect to remote host and collect server details.
• Get-SoftwareAudit -- Connects to a remote hosts and collect installed software details
• Get-SystemInfo -- Get system details of a remote device
• Get-SystemUptime -- Calculates the uptime of a system
• Get-WinEventLogExtract -- Extract Event logs of a server list, and create html / excel report
• Import-CitrixSiteConfigFile -- Import the Citrix config file, and created a variable with the details
• Import-XamlConfigFile -- Import the wpf xaml file and create variables from objects
• Install-AppsFromPSPackageMan -- Uses the module PSPackageMan to install apps from a GitHub Gist File.
• Install-BGInfo -- Install and auto runs bginfo at start up.
• Install-ChocolateyClient -- Downloads and installs the Chocolatey client.
• Install-ChocolateyServer -- This will download, install and setup a new Chocolatey Repo Server
• Install-LocalPSRepository -- Short desCreates a repository for offline installations.
• Install-ModulesFromPWSHModule -- Uses the module PWSHModulePS to install PS Modules from a GitHub Gist File.
• Install-MSUpdate -- Perform windows update
• Install-NFSClient -- Install NFS Client for windows
• Install-PowerShell7x -- Install ps7
• Install-RSAT -- Install Remote Admin Tools
• Install-VMWareTool -- Install vmware tools from chocolatety
• New-CitrixSiteConfigFile -- A config file with Citrix server details and URLs. To be used in scripts.
• New-ElevatedShortcut -- Creates a shortcut to a script or exe that runs as admin, without UNC
• New-GodModeFolder -- Creates a God Mode Folder
• New-GoogleSearch -- Start a new browser tab with search string.
• New-MSEdgeWebApp -- Creates a new webapp to a URL, and save the shortcut on your system.
• New-PSGenericList -- Creates a .net list object
• New-PSModule -- Creates a new PowerShell module.
• New-PSProfile -- Creates new profile files in the documents folder
• New-PSReportingScript -- Script template for scripts to create reports
• New-PSScript -- Creates a new PowerShell script. With PowerShell Script Info
• New-SuggestedInfraName -- Generates a list of usernames and server names, that can be used as test / demo data.
• Publish-ModuleToLocalRepo -- Checks for required modules and upload all to your local repo.
• Remove-CIMUserProfile -- Uses CimInstance to remove a user profile
• Remove-FaultyProfileList -- Fixes Profilelist in the registry. To fix user logon with temp profile.
• Remove-HiddenDevice -- Removes ghost devices from your system
• Remove-UserProfile -- Connects to a server and renames a user profile folder, and delete the key from Profilelist in the registry
• Reset-FileOwnership -- Reset the ownership of a directory and add full control to the folder.
• Reset-Module -- Removes and force import a module.
• Reset-PSGallery -- Reset gallery to default settings
• Resolve-SID -- Resolves the Sid
• Restore-ElevatedShortcut -- Restore the RunAss shortcuts, from a zip file
• Search-Script -- Search for a string in a directory of ps1 scripts.
• Set-FolderCustomIcon -- Will change the icon of a folder to a custom selected icon
• Set-PSProjectFile -- Creates and modify needed files for a PS project from existing module files.
• Set-PSToolKitSystemSetting -- Set multiple settings on desktop or server
• Set-ScheduledRestart -- Create a scheduled task to reboot a server.
• Set-SharedPSProfile -- Redirects PowerShell and WindowsPowerShell profile folder to another path.
• Set-StaticIP -- Set static IP on device
• Set-TempFolder -- Set all the temp environmental variables to c:\temp
• Set-UserDesktopWallpaper -- Change the wallpaper for the user.
• Set-VSCodeExplorerSortOrder -- Change the sort order in VSCode explorer
• Set-WindowsAutoLogin -- Enable autologin on a device.
• Show-ComputerManagement -- Opens the Computer Management of the system or remote system
• Show-ModulePathList -- Show installed module list grouped by install path.
• Show-MyPSGalleryModule -- Show version numbers ext. about my modules.
• Show-PSToolKit -- Show details of the commands in this module.
• Start-DomainControllerReplication -- Start replication between Domain Controllers.
• Start-PowerShellAsAdmin -- Starts a porwershell session as an administrator
• Start-PSProfile -- My PS Profile for all sessions.
• Start-PSRoboCopy -- My wrapper for default robocopy switches
• Start-PSScriptAnalyzer -- Run and report ScriptAnalyzer output
• Start-PSToolkitSystemInitialize -- Initialize a blank machine.
• Test-CitrixCloudConnector -- Perform basic connection tests to Citrix cloud.
• Test-CitrixVDAPort -- Test connection between DDC and VDI
• Test-IsFileOpen -- Checks if a file is open
• Test-PSPendingReboot -- This script tests various registry values to see if the local computer is pending a reboot.
• Test-PSRemote -- Test PSb Remote to a device.
• Test-SystemOnline -- Does basic checks for connecting to a remote device
• Update-ListOfDDC -- Update list of ListOfDDCs in the registry
• Update-LocalHelp -- Downloads and saves help files locally
• Update-MyModulesFromGitHub -- Updates my modules
• Update-PSDefaultParameter -- Updates the $PSDefaultParameterValues variable
• Update-PSModuleInfo -- Update PowerShell module manifest file
• Write-Ascii -- Create Ascii Art
• Write-PSMessage -- Writes the given into to screen
• Write-PSReports -- Creates a excel or html report
• Write-PSToolKitLog -- Create a log for scripts