Are you getting started with PowerShell? If so, this guide will help you to create and run your first script on Windows.

If you want to automate a task, just create a PowerShell script and schedule it. To know more, check out the instructions mentioned here.

We show you how to create and run PowerShell script file in Windows. You can create it using virtually any text editor or the ISE console.

To avoid errors, it's important to write PowerShell scripts that prevent code from running on an unintended platform. Luckily, this is easier to do than it sounds.

Windows makes it possible to schedule PowerShell scripts to run at a predetermined time. The mechanism of choice for automating PowerShell scripts is the Windows Task Scheduler.