030-powershell.md

Usefull Powershell commands & scripts

• Enable long path support (Windows 10 version 1607 or later)

  New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FileSystem" `
  -Name "LongPathsEnabled" -Value 1 -PropertyType DWORD -Force

• Delete bin and obj directories produced by build

  function RemoveBinObj  {
      $directories = Get-ChildItem -Directory -Recurse | Where-Object { $_.Name -eq "bin" -or $_.Name -eq "obj" }
      foreach ($directory in $directories) {
          Write-Host "Deleting $($directory.FullName)" -ForegroundColor Yellow
          Remove-Item $directory.FullName -Recurse -Force
      }
      Write-Host "Cleanup complete!" -ForegroundColor Green
  }
  
  RemoveBinObj

• Render markdown to a html file (Works on Powershell Core > 7)

    function Convert-MarkdownToHtml {
    	param (
    		[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    		[string]$input,
  
    		[Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
    		[string]$output
    	)
  
    	$markdownContent = Get-Content -Path $input -Raw
    	$htmlContent = $markdownContent | ConvertFrom-Markdown
    	$htmlContent | Out-File -FilePath $output -Encoding utf8
    }
    Convert-MarkdownToHtml -input "input.md" -output "out.html"