Change Log for PSScriptTools

v3.1.0 - 2026-07-14 09:35:17

Added

• Added an alias of Get-Path to Get-PathVariable.
• Added a parameter to Get-ParameterInfo to show parameters by parameter set.
• Added command Show-HiddenMember.
• Added the parameter NoComments to New-PSFormatXml to suppress the default helper comments.
• Added a parameter alias Property for Properties in New-PSFormatXML.
• Added alias isAdmin to Test-IsElevated.

Changed

• Updated Get-FolderSizeInfo to include ReparsePoints. This is a potential breaking change.
• Update README code samples to better fit the margins of the help PDF.
• Updated verbose outpout in commands to include PowerShell version information.
• Re-structured Get-PSScriptTools.
• Updated Get-PSProfile and list view to show file size.
• Updated Get-PSProfile to test for link target and use that for file size and last modified values.
• Updated formatting for Get-PathVariable to highlight paths that don't exist in red.
• Updates to sample script files.
• Updated Save-GitSetup to support downloading the ARM64 standalone setup file.
• Updated warning in Get-TypeConstructor to use type full name.
• Minor formatting update for Get-TypeConstructor.
• Updated Convert-CommandToHashTable to better handle a hashtable as a parameter value.
• Updated ConvertTo-Hashtable to using PSObject` to get property names.
• Updated ConvertTo-Hashtable to make an alphabetically sorted hashtable an ordered hashtable.
• Updated Convert-HashtableToCode to accept a standard or ordered hashtable as input.
• Revised Get-MyVariable. Removed the -NoTypeInformation and made it opt-in with -IncludeTypeInformation`. This is a breaking change.
• Revised Get-MyVariable to get initial variables from a new PowerShell instance.
• Revised Get-MyAlias to let user specify a name. The new version also skips aliases from common modules like PSReadline and Microsoft.PowerShell.PSResourceGet.
• Revised formatting for Get-ModuleCommand to add a link to online help for each command if running PowerShell 7.
• Updated New-PSFormatXML to incorporate a suggestion from @scriptingstudio. [Issue #155]
• Updated Get-PSProfile to support non-Windows platforms. Reformatted the default table view.
• Updated README.
• Updated Get-PSLocation to include locations in %PSModulePath% Also corrected values for HOME and Documents. These changes also meant updating the custom formatting file..
• Updated Get-PowerShellEngine to define a type name (PSEngine) when writing a detailed object.
• Modified Show-ANSISequence to adjust number of columns to display in PowerShell 7.
• Code cleanup.
• Help updates.
• Replaced bit.ly online help links.

Removed

• Removed Get-TZDate and Get-TZList. The online API is no longer available.
• Marked Write-Detail as deprecated and archived. This might be a breaking change

Fixed

• Updated Copy-HelpExample to better handle changes in PowerShell 7 help.
• Corrected download link in Save-GitSetup.
• Fixed bug in formatting output from Get-TypeConstructor.
• Fixed bug in Get-ModuleCommand that failed to retrieve all command aliases.
• Fixed error in DirectoryStat sizeKB format view that wasn't showing values in KB.