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  1. ## Get-Credential
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  2. ## An improvement over the default cmdlet which has no options ...
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  4. ## History
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  5. ## v 1.2 Refactor ShellIds key out to a variable, and wrap lines a bit
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  6. ## v 1.1 Add -Console switch and set registry values accordingly (ouch)
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  7. ## v 1.0 Add Title, Message, Domain, and UserName options to the Get-Credential cmdlet
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  9. function Get-Credential{
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  10. PARAM([String]$Title, [String]$Message, [String]$Domain, [String]$UserName, [switch]$Console)
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  11.    $ShellIdKey = "HKLM:\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\PowerShell\\1\\ShellIds"
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  12.    ## Carefully EA=SilentlyContinue because by default it\'s MISSING, not $False
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  13.    $cp = (Get-ItemProperty $ShellIdKey ConsolePrompting -ea "SilentlyContinue")
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  14.    ## Compare to $True, because by default it\'s $null ...
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  15.    $cp = $cp.ConsolePrompting -eq $True
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  17.    if($Console -and !$cp) {
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  18.       Set-ItemProperty $ShellIdKey ConsolePrompting $True
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  19.    } elseif(!$Console -and $Console.IsPresent -and $cp) {
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  20.       Set-ItemProperty $ShellIdKey ConsolePrompting $False
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  21.    }
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  23.    ## Now call the Host.UI method ... if they don\'t have one, we\'ll die, yay.
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  24.    $Host.UI.PromptForCredential($Title,$Message,$UserName,$Domain)
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  26.    ## BoyScouts: Leave everything better than you found it (I\'m tempted to leave it = True)
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  27.    Set-ItemProperty $ShellIdKey ConsolePrompting $cp
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  28. }
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