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Function New-RandomPassword {
Param([int]$len=9 #how long a password do you want?
     )

#The password will be built from characters in this string
#Modify as you want.
[string]$s="12-34_5Abc:DeF;ghI<Jkl>MP=qrStUvwxYz67@#89$%0~!^no&"


$a=$s.toCharArray()
$x=""
for ($i=1;$i -le ($len*2);$i++) {
 $rand=$a[(Get-Random -min 0 -max $a.length)]
 if ($x -notmatch $rand) {
    $x+=$rand
  }
 }

$x.Substring(3,$len)
}

#sample usage to generate a 10 7 character passwords
for ($a=0;$a -lt 10;$a++) {
    New-RandomPassword 7
    }