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with aliases -FilenameWithPathName, -FullPath, -Source, and -File. The -FilePath parameter determines, which file(s) is/are selected for hash value calculation, and in essence define the objects for Get-HashValue.

The -FilePath parameter accepts plain filenames (then the current directory gets searched for the inputted filename) or 'FullPath' filenames, which include the path to the file as well (such as C:\Windows\explorer.exe). To enter multiple files for analysation, please separate each individual entity with a comma. If the filename or the directory name includes space characters, please enclose the whole string (the individual entity in question) in quotation marks (single or double). It's not mandatory to write -FilePath in the get hash value command to invoke the -FilePath parameter, as is shown in the Examples below, since Get-HashValue is trying to decipher the inputted queries as good as it is machinely possible within a 40 KB size limit. The -FilePath parameter also takes an array of strings and objects could be piped to this parameter, too. If no value for the -FilePath parameter is defined in the command launching Get-HashValue, the user will be prompted to enter a -FilePath value.

with an alias -ReportPath. Specifies where the text file (hash_values.txt, which is created or updated with successfully calculated hash values) is to be saved. The text file includes the hash values and a timestamp, when the values were calculated. The default save location is $env:temp, which points to the current temporary file location, which is set in the system. The default -Output save location is defined at line 16 with the $Output variable. In case the path name includes space characters, please enclose the path name in quotation marks (single or double). For usage, please see the Examples below and for more information about $env:temp, please see the Notes section below.

with aliases -Type, -Hash, -HashType, -Version and -Algo. To enter multiple values to the -Algorithm parameter, please separate each individual entity with a comma. If the -Algorithm parameter is added to the command launching Get-HashValue, the defined types of hash values of the object file(s) are displayed and written to the text file. The valid values for -Algorithm parameter are MD5, SHA1, SHA256, SHA384, SHA512, MACTripleDES and RIPEMD160. If no -Algorithm parameter is defined in the command launching Get-HashValue, all the available hash values (i.e. MD5, SHA256, SHA1, SHA384, SHA512, MACTripleDES and RIPEMD160) are displayed and written to a text file.

1. Right click on Computer and click on Properties (or select Start → Control Panel → System). In the resulting window with the basic information about the computer...
2. Click on Advanced system settings on the left panel and select Advanced tab on the resulting pop-up window.
3. Click on the button near the bottom labeled Environment Variables.
4. In the topmost section labeled User variables both TMP and TEMP may be seen. Each different login account is assigned its own temporary locations. These values can be changed by double clicking a value or by highlighting a value and selecting Edit. The specified path will be used by Windows and many other programs for temporary files. It's advisable to set the same value (a directory path) for both TMP and TEMP.
5. Any running programs need to be restarted for the new values to take effect. In fact, probably also Windows itself needs to be restarted for it to begin using the new values for its own temporary files.