Count files in a folder from Command Prompt / PowerShell

• Command prompt 
• dir *.* /a-d | find "File(s)"
• dir *.* /b /a-d | find /c /v ""
• PowerShell
• (Get-ChildItem C:\csv -filter "*.*").Count
• (Get-ChildItem C:\csv -recurse -filter "*.*").Count recursive search
• (Get-ChildItem C:\csv -filter "*.*").Count
• [System.IO.Directory]::GetFiles("c:\Path").Count

List installed printers from command line / PowerShell

Open a command prompt and run:

wmic printer list brief

Open PowerShell and run:

Get-Printer | Format-List list printers with details

Get-Printer | Format-List Name list printers names

remove IMG_ from files / rename file from command prompt or PowerShell

Open command prompt and enter:

ren "img_*.jpg" "////*.jpg"

Open PowerShell and run:

get-childitem *.jpg | foreach { rename-item $_ $_.Name.Replace("IMG_", "") }

Get powershell version

Open PowerShell and run the following command:

$PSVersionTable.PSVersion

Find last password change of specified user

Open powershell and run the following command:

Get-ADUser username -properties passwordlastset

Open PowerShell transcripts folder

explorer split-path -path $profile

Run Start-Transcript every time you start PowerShell

• open PowerShell with admin rights
• display the path to the Windows PowerShell profile
• $profile
• check if Windows PowerShell profile has been created on the system
• test-path $profile
• to create a profile
• new-item -path $profile -itemtype file -force
• open your profile
• notepad $profile
• enable the transcript
• Start-Transcript
• if you get this error "File c:\Users\YourUserName\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Microsoft.PowerShell_profile.ps1 cannot be loaded because running scripts is disabled on this system", fix it with this:
• Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned