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#.DESCRIPTION
#   Demo how to change color of text or background in the shell, to
#   change the titlebar text, or to produce the system beep sound.
#.NOTES
#    Date: 16.May.2007
#  Author: Enclave Consulting LLC
#   Legal: 0BSD
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# Script must be run in PowerShell.exe, not PowerShell_ISE.exe
if ($Host.Name -ne "ConsoleHost")
{ 
    Write-Warning -Message "Script must be run in PowerShell.exe, not ISE."
    exit 
} 



# Here are the available colors for use in the shell:

$AvailableColors = @"
Blue
Green
Cyan
Red
Magenta
Yellow
White
Black
DarkBlue
DarkGreen
DarkCyan
DarkRed
DarkMagenta
DarkYellow
Gray
DarkGray
"@

$Colors = $AvailableColors.Split("`n")
clear-host  


# To change the default foreground and/or background colors for the shell:

ForEach ($Color in $Colors) {
    [System.Console]::Set_BackgroundColor($Color)
    [System.Console]::Set_ForegroundColor("White")
    Clear-Host
    "`n`nYou can change the foreground or background colors"
    Start-Sleep -milliseconds 500
}


# To reset your foreground and background colors to their defaults:

[System.Console]::ResetColor()
Clear-Host


# To change the foreground and/or the background color of text:

ForEach ($Color in $Colors) {
    Write-Host "This color is $Color" -foregroundcolor $Color
    Write-Host "Or change the background for each line" -backgroundcolor $Color
}


# To mix different colors of text on a single line (-NoNewLine):

ForEach ($Color in $Colors) {
    Write-Host "One Line Many Colors! " -ForeGroundColor $Color -backgroundcolor "Black" -NoNewLine
}


# To change the text in the shell's titlebar:

[System.Console]::Set_Title("Monad Binad Trinad")


# To make your computer say "Beep!"

[System.Console]::Beep()


# To play five alerts sounds (`a) in powershell.exe, not powershell_ise.exe:

1..5 | foreach { Write-Host "Alert! `a" -ForeGroundColor "Red" -backgroundcolor "Black" ; sleep -Seconds 1 } 



# To disable the beep.sys device driver:
#   sc.exe stop beep
#   sc.exe config beep start= disabled