windows, powershell, registry, filetypes Peter Girnus windows, powershell, registry, filetypes Peter Girnus

Where to Find File Extension Associations in the Windows Registry

This tutorial shows you how to find the location of file extensions and their application associations in the Microsoft Windows Registry using PowerShell. File extensions in Windows have corresponding Registry entries instructing the Windows operating system on which application opens which file type and which extension.

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How To Use SSH on Windows

In this article I’m going to show you can use SSH on Windows machines. We’ll go over the installation of OpenSS, basic SSH configuration, as well as connecting to and from a Windows and Linux machine.

The Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol is a network protocol that allows secure access to interact with remote network resources over port 22. SSH is commonly used for remote login and command-line execution for administrative purposes. Microsoft Windows uses an implementation of OpenSSH to implement the SSH protocol and actively maintains this software project on GitHub under the openssh-portable repository.

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Sudo in PowerShell: Get Administrator Privileges With gsudo

Are you tired of having to right click run “Run as administrator” in order to get an elevated PowerShell terminal? Wouldn’t it be nice to elevate the current Windows shell in a simple way? We are all familiar with the Linux sudo command but did you know there’s an awesome Windows equivalent in gsudo! In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to install and configure this awesome Windows application.

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