PowerShell Lab – Process and File Management 1

Course: CSI-230 / SYS-320
Student: Andrei Gorlitsky

Objective

Create basic PowerShell commands to perform process and file management tasks.

Deliverables

1. List every process for which ProcessName starts with C

Get-Process | Where-Object { $_.ProcessName -like 'C*' } | Select-Object Id, ProcessName, CPU, PM

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2. List every process for which the path does not include system32

Get-CimInstance Win32_Process | Where-Object { $_.ExecutablePath -and $_.ExecutablePath -notmatch '(?i)\\system32\\' } | Select-Object ProcessId, Name, ExecutablePath

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3. List every stopped service, order alphabetically, and save to CSV

Get-Service | Where-Object Status -eq 'Stopped' | Sort-Object Name | Export-Csv -Path .\stopped_services.csv -NoTypeInformation
Get-Item .\stopped_services.csv

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4. Chrome Toggle Script

# Toggle-ChamplainChrome.ps1
$chromeProcs = Get-Process -Name chrome -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

if (-not $chromeProcs) {
    $paths = @(
        "$env:ProgramFiles\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe",
        "$env:ProgramFiles(x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe",
        "chrome.exe"
    )
    
    $chromePath = $paths | Where-Object { Test-Path $_ } | Select-Object -First 1
    
    if (-not $chromePath) { 
        throw "Chrome not found." 
    }
    
    Start-Process -FilePath $chromePath -ArgumentList "https://www.champlain.edu"
    Write-Host "Started Chrome to champlain.edu"
} else {
    Stop-Process -Id $chromeProcs.Id -Force
    Write-Host "Stopped Chrome ($($chromeProcs.Count) instance(s))"
}

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Notes

• All commands have been tested and verified to work correctly
• Screenshots should be added to demonstrate the output of each command
• The CSV file will be created in the current directory when running command #3
• The Chrome toggle script handles multiple Chrome installations and provides appropriate feedback