Scripting – Page 62

February 18, 2011PowerShell

Setting up environment for PowerShell scripting

The first step that every PS scripter should do is to set ExecutionPolicy appropriately. If you work at the developer level, where you have to run various scripts/code from other sources and can validated the script actions only then setup it to Unrestricted. Otherwise RemoteSigned is the recommended value. Setting up PS ExecutionPolicy to to Unrestricted: You need to run this cmdlet as admin user: PS C:> Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted PS C:> Get-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted PS C:> Otherwise PS will err at you as shown below: PS C:> Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Execution Policy Change The execution policy helps protect you from […]

February 14, 2011August 12, 2014Scripting

Perl Module to parse and update Mozilla Firefox Configuration files

I’ll soon publish a Perl module that I developed for parsing and updating Mozilla Firefox user settings configuration files user.js prefs.js hostperm.1 bookmarks.html or places.sqlite profiles.ini mimeTypes.rdf Firefox configuration files location: %APPDATA%MozillaFirefoxProfiles in Windows 7: C:Users<UserProfile>AppDataRoamingMozillaFirefoxProfiles

February 8, 2011Scripting

Using TortoiseSVN

Download and Install the msi Create a New Folder (for repository, where ever you want to place it) to host your repository Right click the Folder -> Click TortoiseSVN -> Click Create New Repository Here. This now becomes your primary repository. Create another folder (for working copy, anywhere you want to put working working copy) Right click the Folder -> Click SVN Checkout.. This makes your new directory as a SVN working copy directory In CheckOut specify the repository folder path as URL in file:// format (example:”file:///C:/Repository”) Create sub-folders in your working copy directory and add them to SVN Right […]