PS: Replace CMD

Description:

As Microsoft moves forward with Powershell (has it already been out for 10 years?), use the following “tricks” to replace CMD completely with Powershell.

To Resolve:

1. Obviously, see if there is a Powershell way of doing the same thing (I have a couple posts on this myself..)

   • Old way to map a drive:

   net use g: \\ServerComputerName\share /user:domain\user /persistent:yes
   

   • New way:

   New-PSDrive -Name G -Root \\Server01\Scripts -Credential domain\user -Persist -PSProvider FileSystem
   

2. If you can’t find a direct equivalent, invoke the command like:

   cmd /c "net user administrator /active:no"
   

3. Use the Stop-Parsing symbol --% so that Powershell won’t parse symbols such as parenthesis and brackets: Ex: icacls c:\logs\* /grant Administrator:(D,WDAC) will fail in PowerShell. icacls --% c:\logs\* /grant Administrator:(D,WDAC) will work

4. Lastly for Windows 10 users, make sure to replace CMD with Powershell by going to Settings => Taskbar => Replace CMD with Powershell. This will only give Powershell options with the Win+X menu.