Microsoft.PowerShell.Management

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

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	Commits the active transaction.
Convert-Path	Converts a path from a Windows PowerShell path to a Windows PowerShell provider 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	Debugs one or more processes running on the local computer.
Disable-ComputerRestore	Disables the System Restore feature on the specified file system drive.
Enable-ComputerRestore	Enables the System Restore feature on the specified file system drive.
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	Gets information about the current working location or a location stack.
Get-Process	Gets the processes that are running on the local computer or a remote computer.
Get-PSDrive	Gets drives in the current session.
Get-PSProvider	Gets information about the specified Windows PowerShell provider.
Get-Service	Gets the services on a local or remote computer.
Get-Transaction	Gets the current (active) 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	Calls Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) methods.
Join-Path	Combines a path and a child path into a single path.
Limit-EventLog	Sets the event log properties that limit the size of the event log and the age of its entries.
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	Creates a new Windows 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. You can pop the location from the default stack or from a stack that you create by using the Push-Location cmdlet.
Push-Location	Adds the current location to the top of a location stack.
Register-WmiEvent	Subscribes to a Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) event.
Remove-Computer	Removes the local computer from its domain.
Remove-EventLog	Deletes an event log or unregisters an event source.
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	Deletes an instance of an existing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class.
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	Resets the machine account password for the computer.
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	Starts a system restore on the local 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	Creates or updates an instance of an existing Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) class.
Show-ControlPanelItem	Opens control panel items.
Show-EventLog	Displays the event logs of the local or a remote computer in Event Viewer.
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	Starts a transaction.
Stop-Computer	Stops (shuts down) local and remote computers.
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	Tests and repairs the secure channel between the local computer and its domain.
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	Rolls back the active transaction.
Use-Transaction	Adds the script block to the active transaction.
Wait-Process	Waits for the processes to be stopped before accepting more input.
Write-EventLog	Writes an event to an event log.