Skaldhor.HelperFunctions

Description

This PowerShell Module contains helper functions for:

• easier administration of the Windows Registry
• easier uninstalling of old PowerShell modules from PowerShellGet

Installation

Run the following command in PowerShell to install the module: Install-Module -Name "Skaldhor.HelperFunctions"
You can also download the module from PSGallery.

Usage

Overview

Please note that for some cases (registry settings on machine level/uninstalling modules outside your current scope) elevated rights are required.

Import the module with the following command:
Import-Module -Name "Skaldhor.HelperFunctions"

Run the commands Get-RegistryItem, New-RegistryItem and Remove-RegistryItem to see, set/create and remove registry items.
Run the commands Get-ModulesWithMultipleVersions and Remove-OldModuleVersions to see and modules with multiple versions installed and delete old versions you don't need anymore.

Examples

Get-RegistryItem -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion"

When using New-RegistryItem the value for the "Path" parameter must end with the following syntax:
<ProperyName.PropertyType>
The PropertyType must be one of: "String", "DWord", "QWord", "Binary", "MultiString", "ExpandString", "Unknown", depending on what entry you want to create.
New-RegistryItem -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TestString.String" -Value "test"
New-RegistryItem -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\EnableSomeSettings.DWord" -Value 1

Remove-RegistryItem -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome\BrowserGuestModeEnabled"

Get-ModulesWithMultipleVersions

Remove-OldModuleVersions -ModuleNames "Module1"
Remove-OldModuleVersions -ModuleNames "Module1", "Module3", "Module5"
You can use the the value "All" to uninstall all outdated module versions you have currentyl installed:
Remove-OldModuleVersions -ModuleNames "All"

Get-IpConfig

Get-MxRecord -Domain "gmail.com"

Get-SpfRecord -Domain "gmail.com"

Get-DmarcRecord -Domain "gmail.com"

Get-ExternalTcpConnection | Format-Table LocalAddress, LocalPort, RemoteAddress, RemotePort, State, AppliedSetting, OwningProcess, OwningProcessName, OwningProcessInfo

Test-PrivateIp -IpAddress "10.0.1.2"
Test-PrivateIp -IpAddress "8.8.8.8"