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Azure – vs_buildtools.exe The application cannot find one of its required files, possibly because it was unable to create it in the folder

April 20, 2023
Warham
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I have a Windows VM on Azure. On startup it runs powershell script: Start-Process cmd.exe -ArgumentList "/c whoami.exe 1> c:whoami.log 2>&1" -wait $tempPath = "$env:TEMP" $exePath = "$tempPathvs_buildtools.exe" Invoke-WebRequest -Uri https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vs_BuildTools.exe -UseBasicParsing -OutFile $exePath Start-Process cmd.exe -ArgumentList "/c $exePath --quiet…

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SQL Azure – The ImportExport operation failed because of invalid storage credentials

April 18, 2023
KayMan
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When I run my script below it keeps failing with "The ImportExport operation failed because of invalid storage credentials." The access key and SAS all seem to be correct when I check in the portal. Can someone please point me…

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How do you discover the AWS Cloudformation stackname on an EC2 Instance to use with cfn-init commands – Amazon Web Sevices

We've got some Windows EC2 Instances deployed using Cloudformation that are configured using cfn-init scripts. In order to update components on the instances later on, we need to re-run some of the Cloudformation::Init configsets using the cfn-init helper scripts and…

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Using PowerShell to convert JSON file into .CSV file?

I need some help formatting the Input.CSV which contains JSON into Output .CSV which will show the column like: Date (Local Timezone, not UTC), IP Address, User, Record Type, Activity, Item See the sample Input.csv in the below: RecordId,CreationDate,RecordType,Operation,UserId,AuditData,AssociatedAdminUnits,AssociatedAdminUnitsNames GUID,1/24/2023…

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How to start ssh with wt.exe and keep terminal colors – Ubuntu

April 10, 2023
Daviid
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I have this shortcut C:UsersDavidAppDataLocalMicrosoftWindowsAppswt.exe --window 0 -p "Windows Powershell" C:Program FilesPowerShell7pwsh.exe -noExit -Command "ssh webdev" It works fine but the terminal opened doesn't have colors. This is regular terminal: This is the shortcut: A video of me opening an…

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Visual Studio Code – Python wont run inside CMD, PS, or VS Code

April 3, 2023
Sajjad Ahmed
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I am a learner, so please forgive me if this is common knowledge I fixed my PATH files for python, I made the only PATH and sole instance of Python C:Python This fixed the issue where VS code could not…

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Azure – Powershell code to get report of alerts trigerred in past 14 days

April 3, 2023
prasad k
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Am trying to get report of alerts fired in past 14 days from a resource group in Azure through PowerShell, The below code is running but the output of excel is blank. Get-AzAlert -TargetResourceGroup xxxxxxx | Export-Excel -Path C:UsersnameDownloadsa.xlsx $filterDate=(Get-Date).AddDays(-14)…

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PowerShell Azure Function import module error

April 1, 2023
Mayank
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I am trying to import the "Microsoft.PowerApps.Administration.PowerShell" module in my PowerShell Azure Function App. The import is successful but the following command in my "run.ps1" file is throwing an error: Add-PowerAppsAccount -Username $username -Password $pass Following are the contents of…

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Visual Studio Code – How to remove path and stuff in terminal VS Code

March 30, 2023
Dimuth De Zoysa
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When I am running a python program for example : print("hello world") I get too many texts in the terminal (VS Code) Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) 2015 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. PS C:UsersDimuth De ZoysaDesktopPython_projects> & "C:/Users/Dimuth De Zoysa/AppData/Local/Programs/Python/Python38/python.exe"…

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How to pass a JSON text as a parameter to powershell?

March 29, 2023
Alsin
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What I want to do is pretty simple. I have a PowerShell script that should accept JSON text as a parameter. It looks like it is not simple at all! I checked these pages in my attempt to learn how…

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