PowerShell doesn't know how to interpret some of the tokenized UTF-8 characters, thereby giving the illusion that a script is corrupt. [Click on image for larger view.] ...

As you can see, I have created a simple four-line PowerShell script. This script's last line calls a function called Do-Something. That function creates a variable named A and sets it equal to 1234.

You may not think too often about how text is displayed in your PowerShell console, but under the covers, there's quite a bit going on. Think about all of the commands you have the ability to run in ...

PowerShell has made it dead simple to automate all kinds of things. However, its simplicity can be deceiving. PowerShell takes the complexity out of script writing but unless you're writing a ...