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Microsoft.PowerShell.Management Module

This section contains the help topics for the cmdlets that are installed with PowerShell Microsoft.PowerShell.Management module. The Management module contains cmdlets that help you manage Windows in PowerShell.

Microsoft.PowerShell.Management Cmdlets

Cmdlet Description
Add-Computer

Add the local computer to a domain or workgroup.

Add-Content

Adds content to the specified items, such as adding words to a file.

Checkpoint-Computer

Creates a system restore point on the local computer.

Clear-Content

Deletes the contents of an item, but does not delete the item.

Clear-EventLog

Clears all entries from specified event logs on the local or remote computers.

Clear-Item

Clears the contents of an item, but does not delete the item.

Clear-ItemProperty

Clears the value of a property but does not delete the property.

Complete-Transaction
Convert-Path
Copy-Item

Copies an item from one location to another.

Copy-ItemProperty

Copies a property and value from a specified location to another location.

Debug-Process
Disable-ComputerRestore
Enable-ComputerRestore
Get-ChildItem

Gets the items and child items in one or more specified locations.

Get-ComputerRestorePoint

Gets the restore points on the local computer.

Get-Content

Gets the content of the item at the specified location.

Get-ControlPanelItem

Gets control panel items.

Get-EventLog

Gets the events in an event log, or a list of the event logs, on the local computer or remote computers.

Get-HotFix

Gets the hotfixes that are installed on local or remote computers.

Get-Item

Gets the item at the specified location.

Get-ItemProperty

Gets the properties of a specified item.

Get-Location
Get-Process

Gets the processes that are running on the local computer or a remote computer.

Get-PSDrive
Get-PSProvider
Get-Service

Gets the services on a local or remote computer.

Get-Transaction
Get-WmiObject

Gets instances of Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) classes or information about the available classes.

Invoke-Item

Performs the default action on the specified item.

Invoke-WmiMethod
Join-Path

Combines a path and a child path into a single path.

Limit-EventLog
Move-Item

Moves an item from one location to another.

Move-ItemProperty

Moves a property from one location to another.

New-EventLog

Creates a new event log and a new event source on a local or remote computer.

New-Item

Creates a new item.

New-ItemProperty

Creates a new property for an item and sets its value.

New-PSDrive

Creates temporary and persistent mapped network drives.

New-Service
New-WebServiceProxy

Creates a Web service proxy object that lets you use and manage the Web service in Windows PowerShell.

Pop-Location

Changes the current location to the location most recently pushed onto the stack.

Push-Location

Adds the current location to the top of a location stack.

Register-WmiEvent
Remove-Computer

Removes the local computer from its domain.

Remove-EventLog
Remove-Item

Deletes the specified items.

Remove-ItemProperty

Deletes the property and its value from an item.

Remove-PSDrive

Deletes temporary PowerShell drives and disconnects mapped network drives.

Remove-WmiObject
Rename-Computer

Renames a computer.

Rename-Item

Renames an item in a PowerShell provider namespace.

Rename-ItemProperty

Renames a property of an item.

Reset-ComputerMachinePassword
Resolve-Path

Resolves the wildcard characters in a path, and displays the path contents.

Restart-Computer

Restarts the operating system on local and remote computers.

Restart-Service

Stops and then starts one or more services.

Restore-Computer
Resume-Service

Resumes one or more suspended (paused) services.

Set-Content

Writes new content or replaces existing content in a file.

Set-Item

Changes the value of an item to the value specified in the command.

Set-ItemProperty

Creates or changes the value of a property of an item.

Set-Location

Sets the current working location to a specified location.

Set-Service

Starts, stops, and suspends a service, and changes its properties.

Set-WmiInstance
Show-ControlPanelItem

Opens control panel items.

Show-EventLog
Split-Path

Returns the specified part of a path.

Start-Process

Starts one or more processes on the local computer.

Start-Service

Starts one or more stopped services.

Start-Transaction
Stop-Computer
Stop-Process

Stops one or more running processes.

Stop-Service

Stops one or more running services.

Suspend-Service

Suspends (pauses) one or more running services.

Test-ComputerSecureChannel
Test-Connection

Sends ICMP echo request packets, or pings, to one or more computers.

Test-Path

Determines whether all elements of a path exist.

Undo-Transaction
Use-Transaction
Wait-Process
Write-EventLog