
Some cmdlets have a progress bar built-in. Here’s how to make your own Powershell progress bar with the Write-Progress cmdlet.
What’s happening?
In my last post, I covered how to hide PowerShell progress bars you encounter with some built-in cmdlets. More often than not though, you probably want to keep these progress bars as they are typically there to give the script executor feedback that the script is indeed running, and how far along it is in step execution.
Microsoft has done a good job recognizing which cmdlets likely will have longer execution times (like Install-WindowsFeature), but what if you have a process that you know could take a while to complete? How can you give your user feedback that the script is actively working and to give an idea of how much work has been done, while also giving an impression of how much work is left to do?