(PowerShell) Generating Random Password

Demonstrates how to generate random passwords.

Chilkat .NET Downloads Chilkat .NET Assemblies

Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# All Chilkat classes can be unlocked at once at the beginning of a program
# by calling UnlockBundle.  It requires a Bundle unlock code.
$chilkatGlob = New-Object Chilkat.Global
$success = $chilkatGlob.UnlockBundle("Anything for 30-day trial.")
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $($chilkatGlob.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$fortuna = New-Object Chilkat.Prng

# Set this equal to $true if the generated password must include at least one digit (0-9)
$bDigit = $true

# Set this equal to $true if the generated password must include both uppercase and lowercase chars.
$bUpperAndLower = $true

# The generated password must contain one of the following non-alphanumeric chars.
$otherChars = "@#$%*"

# Exclude chars that appear similar to others:
$excludeChars = "iIlLoO0"

# Generate 8-character passwords:

for ($i = 1; $i -le 10; $i++) {
    $($fortuna.RandomPassword(8,$bDigit,$bUpperAndLower,$otherChars,$excludeChars))
}