10 best PowerShell commands for Windows 11 and 10?

PowerShell is a powerful tool for managing and automating tasks in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Here are some handy PowerShell commands that can help you in your day-to-day life:

1. Show System Information
2. Network!
3. Manage processes!
4. File and directory management!
5. System Settings and Management!
6. Manage Updates!
7. Manage Users!
8. Disks and Storage!
9. Manage Services!
10. System Diagnostics!

1.) Show System Information

Get-ComputerInfo

Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\" | Select-Object ProductName, ReleaseId, CurrentBuild

2.) Network!

Get-NetIPAddress

Get-NetAdapter | Format-Table

3.) Manage processes!

Get-Process

Stop-Process -Name notepad -Force

4.) File and directory management!

Get-ChildItem

Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Path\To\Directory" -Filter "filename.txt" -Recurse

Copy-Item -Path "C:\Source\file.txt" -Destination "C:\Destination\"

Remove-Item -Path "C:\Path\To\file.txt"

5.) System Settings and Management!

Restart Computer

powercfg /l

powercfg /s SCHEME_MAX

6.) Manage Updates!

Get-WindowsUpdate

Install-WindowsUpdate -AcceptAll -AutoReboot

7.) Manage Users!

Get-LocalUser

New-LocalUser -Name "NewUser" -Password (ConvertTo-SecureString "Password123" -AsPlainText -Force) -FullName "Full Name" -Description "Description"

Add-LocalGroupMember -Group "Administrators" -Member "NewUser"

8.) Disks and Storage!

Get-PhysicalDisk

Get-PSDrive -PSProvider FileSystem | Select-Object Name, @{Name="FreeSpace(GB)";Expression={[math]::round($_.Free/1GB,2)}}, @{Name="UsedSpace(GB)";Expression={[math]::round(($_.Used/1GB),2)}}

9.) Manage Services!

Get-Service

Start-Service -Name "Spooler"
Stop-Service -Name "Spooler"

10.) System Diagnostics!

Get-EventLog -LogName System -EntryType Error -Newest 20

Get-Process | Sort-Object CPU -Descending | Select-Object -First 10