How to Start a PowerShell Script From DOS. Microsoft's Windows PowerShell is a separate command-line environment from the traditional, DOS-like Command Prompt environment included with Windows.

Run PowerShell Scripts locally without Signing When you are testing a script that doesn’t need signing, a different approach is required. It can be from either a trusted source, or you have ...

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.

Using GPEDIT or REGEDIT, make Windows run PowerShell scripts first at logon, logoff, startup, and shutdown before the OS runs other scripts.

One book should be good enough to start - I usually recommend Learn Windows PowerShell in a Month of Lunches (Ace mentioned this) for anyone new to code and scripting, PowerShell in Action v2 for ...