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PowerShell Is Powerful – System and API Access
Just when you thought PowerShell was already a mighty tool, get ready to be surprised by its ability to delve deep into the system. In this chapter, we’ll explore accessing the system and API by using PowerShell.
We’ll start by looking into the Windows Registry and how you can leverage PowerShell to easily access its keys and values. We’ll then move on to .NET Framework and the Windows API, and you’ll learn how to execute C# code directly from PowerShell.
Next, we’ll explore Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), which can be used to access and manage a wide range of system resources, including hardware, software, network components, and other objects, through a standard interface. PowerShell ...
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