PowershellFunctions005

Author(s)

• Peter Cullen Burbery

Tags

windows powershell timezone utilities environment automation

Functions

Get-IanaTimeZone Get-IsoWeekDate Get-IsoOrdinalDate Restart-FileExplorer Get-PowerShellVersionDetails Add-ToPath Remove-FromPath Get-FileSize Get-FileSizeHumanReadable Bring-BackTheRightClickMenu Use-Windows11RightClickMenu Add-DefenderExclusion Get-PowershellPath Enable-LongFilePaths

PSEditions

Desktop

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Release Notes

Version 1.8.1: Adds enforcement to block PowerShell 7+ from importing the module. A PSEdition and version check was added to the top of the .psm1 file to prevent accidental usage in PowerShell Core.

Version 1.8.0: This release locks the module to Windows PowerShell 5.1 only. Fixes an issue with 0 bytes files. Before, Get-FileSizeHumanReadable "C:\empty-folder" would return " bytes". Now Get-FileSizeHumanReadable "C:\empty-folder" returns "0 bytes".

Version 1.7.3: Removed C# components. StartProcessLongFilePath was not working so I removed it.

Version 1.7.2: Update release notes.

Version 1.7.1: Removed Start-ProcessLongFilePath from the module. The DLL-based cmdlet was deemed too complex.

Version 1.7.0: Added Start-ProcessLongFilePath, a wrapper for a C#-based cmdlet that launches processes using paths exceeding Windows MAX_PATH limitations. Useful for deeply nested folders or long file names. Includes support for optional arguments.

Version 1.6.0: Added Enable-LongFilePaths to programmatically enable support for file paths longer than 260 characters. The function checks the current registry value and only modifies it if necessary.

Version 1.5.0: Add-ToPath and Remove-FromPath now automatically call `refreshenv` if available, updating the current session immediately after modifying the system PATH.

Version 1.4.0: Added Get-PowershellPath to display the PATH environment variable in a zero-padded, indexed table. Uses Format-Table for clear formatting and supports inspection of system path entries.

Version 1.3.0: Added Add-DefenderExclusion to exclude folders from Microsoft Defender. Automatically excludes the parent folder if a file is specified. Requires administrator privileges.

Version 1.2.0: Fixed Add-ToPath and Remove-FromPath to correctly resolve relative paths (e.g., ".") using Resolve-Path. Improves reliability when modifying system PATH from any location.

Version 1.1.0: Added Bring-BackTheRightClickMenu and Use-Windows11RightClickMenu to toggle classic and default context menus in Windows 11. Improved tagging and documentation.

Initial release: includes time zone resolution, ISO week and ordinal date formatting, File Explorer restart, and PowerShell version capability detection.