PowerShell - Variable Evaluation in Return

OK, so I'm working with the registry, specifically the user's %PATH%. I am creating user variables, and adding these variables to the PATH. I would like to be able to query the registry, but see the variable name's, not what they evaluate to.
For example:
(Get-ItemProperty 'HKCU:\Environment').PATH
Actual Return:
C:\test1;C:\test2
I want to return:
%VALUE1%;%VALUE2%
I have added values to the path as %VALUE1%;%VALUE2%, and both values are set as user variables. What I would like to do is construct a PowerShell registry query that will return %VALUE1%;%VALUE2% instead of the actual set values for these variables.
Is this possible?

Get-Member -InputObject (Get-Item 'HKCU:\Environment') -Name GetValue | FL
TypeName : Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
Name : GetValue
MemberType : Method
Definition : System.Object GetValue(string name), System.Object GetValue(string name, System.Object defaultValue), System.Object
GetValue(string name, System.Object defaultValue, Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueOptions options)
[System.Enum]::GetNames([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryValueOptions])
None
DoNotExpandEnvironmentNames
(get-Item 'hkcu:\Environment').GetValue("TMP")
C:\Users\User\AppData\Local\Temp
(get-Item 'hkcu:\Environment').GetValue("TMP","Default",[Microsoft.WIN32.RegistryValueOptions]::DoNotExpandEnvironmentNames)
%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp

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> the system themselves.
>
> Fortunately, as the first field [ID] always starts with
a number, I tried
> a
> variation of Mike's idea and did a series of REPLACE
statements on the
> variable; eg:
>
> tempString := Replace("\r1", "carriagereturn1",
tempString)
> tempString := Replace("\r2", "carriagereturn2",
tempString)
> tempString := Replace("\r2", "carriagereturn3",
tempString) etc etc,
>
> .... I then STRIPed out all the returns "\r" that were
left, which
> eliminated any returns that the students had typed
themselves....
>
> .... I then re-REPLACEed the "carriagereturn1" with
"\r1" etc.
>
> Its a bit long winded, but blow me - as long as a
student doesn't start an
> input with a number (which should never happen) it
works!
>
> Thanks again everyone for your suggestions....doubtless
I'll be along with
> other problems as this thing gets bigger! lol
>
> Cheers,
>
> Reg.
>
>

Remote Exchange Powershell invoke command - customize return result

Hi
I am trying to create a powershell which connects to an exchange management shell and executes a command.
[scriptblock]$Command = {Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus | select Name,ContentIndexState}
$Session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri http://$Computername/powershell -Credential $Cred
Import-PSSession $Session
$Returnvalue = $Command.Invoke()
Remove-PSSession $Session
This would return a result like this:
Name : DB02 - Specielle\EXCHANGE01
ContentIndexState : Healthy
Name : DB01 - Standard\EXCHANGE01
ContentIndexState : Healthy
Now how do I create an if-sentence that would check if both are "Healthy" and then return "Echo "Healthy"", else if one is not healthy then return "Echo "Not Healthy""? (I dont need to specify which one that
isn't healthy).
Best Regards,
Soren

Hi Soren,
Give this a try (untested, sorry):
[scriptblock]$Command = {
$healthy = $true
$statusList = Get-MailboxDatabaseCopyStatus
foreach ($status in $statusList) {
If ($status.ContentIndexState -ne 'Healthy2') { $healthy = $false }
If ($healthy) { Write-Output 'Healthy' }
Else { Write-Output 'Not Healthy' }
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Powershell Variables

Hello there,
I have a code in a following way:
$a = "1234"$b = "`$a"$a
$b
The Output of this code is:
1234
$a
Is it possible to use variable $b to get the content of variable $a when variable b includes variable a itself? Something like that
*somestring* $b
Output of this should be: 1234
Thank you very much for help!
Regards
Christoph

Hi,
@Mike: you are right. This is working with that code. But I would like to read out the information out of a file. The file got the following content:
Submitter | 550000010 | c | 30 | $AR_SUBMITTER
I would like to use the $AR_SUBMITTER variable in my own code.
For that I use the following code:
FUNCTION getFile ($path)
$input = Get-Content $path | select-string -notmatch "#"
foreach ($line in $input)
$separator = $line.line.split("|")
$database_name = $separator[0].Trim()
$database_id = $separator[1].Trim()
$data_type = $separator[2].Trim()
$maximum_length = $separator[3].Trim()
$value = $separator[4].Trim()
return $value
$AR_SUBMITTER = "123"
$path = "file.txt"
$Output = getFile($path)
$AR_SUBMITTER
$test = """$Output"""
$test$test2 = (get-item Variable:$Output).Value
$test2
The Output here is:
123
"$AR_SUBMITTER"
@Bill: I can't use the get-item-option. For that I got the following error-Code:
Get-Item can't find path "Variable:\$AR_Submitter
Thanks for your help!
Regards
Christoph

Running Powershell command from PHP returns blank page

Hi. :-)
I have this script :
<?php
$q = shell_exec('powershell Get-Help');
echo $q;
?>
This works well and gives me output.
But... When I change Get-Help with Get-VM it gives me blank page as ouput. I have simillar problems with other Hyper-V cmdlets.
This is code 1:
<?php
$q = shell_exec('powershell Get-VM');
echo $q;
?>
This code gives me blank page.
Code 2:
<?php
$q = shell_exec('powershell Start-VM 'Vm1'');
echo $q;
?>
This code gives me that it cannot find VM with that name.
What's the problem, what to change in script or system settings.
Note: All this commands WORK and gives me output when I run it from cmd
Things that I did:
1. Changed execution policy to Unrestricted
2. Added 2<&1 at the end of shell_exec.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
I think we should run powershell as adminitrator to get VMs.
Start-Process "$psHome\powershell.exe" -Verb Runas -ArgumentList '-command "Get-VM"'
Regards,
Yan Li
Regards, Yan Li

Store DisplayName as a Powershell Variable

Good day All,
I am attempting to create a script that watches a user account for a change in name. The reason is long, and unimportant, but I have created an automated script to log into Office 365, and get the user properties using
$checkName = Get-User -Identity [email protected] | FL DisplayName
But, when I do:
Write-Host $checkName
It gives me:
Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupStartData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEntryData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.GroupEndData Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Internal.Format.FormatEndData
That. No idea why. Does anyone have any ideas on how to accomplish this? What I'm looking for is to keep the output, which looks like this when I do it in the shell:
PS C:\Windows\system32> Get-User -Identity [email protected] | FL DisplayName
DisplayName : First Last
PS C:\Windows\system32>
to save as just "DisplayName : First Last" so that I can compare it using:
if($checkName -like "DisplayName : First Last"){
$Result = "Name is Good!"
$NagiosStatus = "0"
}else{
$Result = "NAME HAS CHANGED!!"
$NagiosStatus = "1"
To eventually be able to configure Nagios to watch it? I know this is a weird request, but sometimes weird things must be done. Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
-Ricky

This is so cool, and works perfectly! Thank you so much for the help!
For anyone else who may be looking to do the same, I'll add my script with comments, so you can preform the whole of what I'm going to do as well. I've not completely finished tweaking it to work in Nagios, and I may update it after it does so others can
use it as well, but here it is as it currently reports:
# Nagios Username Detection Script
# Author: Ricky and some other templates I've used online
# Version 0.1
# Will be updated once working to version 1.0
# Compatibility:
# Nagios Version: 3.x.4.x
# Exchange Version: Office 365 2013
# Powershell Version: 2.0
# NSClient++ Version: 4.x
#——– User ———–
$user = “[email protected]”
#——– Password: SECURE - Use a secure string for authentication, required secure string to be made ———–
$pass = Get-Content C:\Users\user\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\SecureStrings\365securestring.txt | convertto-securestring
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PsCredential($user, $pass)
# Link to description of creating secure string: http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/148/t/81993.aspx
# Command to create a secure string: read-host -prompt "Enter password to be encrypted in mypassword.txt " -assecurestring | convertfrom-securestring | out-file C:\Users\...\365securestring.txt
#——– Import office 365 Cmdlets ———–
Import-Module MSOnline
#———— Establish an Remote PowerShell Session to office 365 ———————
Connect-MsolService -Credential $credential
#———— Establish an Remote PowerShell Session to Exchange Online ———————
$session = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri "https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/" -Credential $credential -Authentication "Basic" -AllowRedirection
#———— Set the warning prefrence to prevent output from connecting
$WarningPreference = "SilentlyContinue"
#———— This command that we use for implicit remoting feature of PowerShell 2.0 ———————
Import-PSSession $session | Out-Null
$checkName = Get-User -Identity [email protected] | select DisplayName
if($checkName.displayname -eq "First Last"){
$Result = "Name is Good!"
$NagiosStatus = "0"
}else{
$Result = "NAME HAS CHANGED!!"
$NagiosStatus = "1"
Write-Host $Result
Write-Host $NagiosStatus
Thank you again Amit for your help! SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS DONE!!
-Ricky

Customize powershell prompt to display return code of last command

Displaying $? in the prompt function of $profile always returns "True". How do I make my customized prompt display the status of the command I just ran?
Thanks!
Jon

Thanks, Bill! For some reason, the first time I tried to park the value of $?, it didn't work. I must have done something wrong. Anyway, it does what I want now. Thanks much!
function Prompt {
$var=$?
write-host ("⌠ ") -nonewline -foregroundcolor green
write-host ($(get-location)) -foregroundcolor white
write-host ("| $var") -foregroundcolor green
write-host ("⌡") -nonewline -foregroundcolor green
return " "
Jon

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