Public/Get-StringFromSecureString.ps1
function Get-StringFromSecureString { <# .Synopsis Decrypt SecureString .DESCRIPTION Get unecrypted string from a secure string .EXAMPLE $test = Get-Credential # Username - Tester, Password test1 $test.Password | Get-StringFromSecureString .EXAMPLE Get-StringFromSecureString -SecureString $test.Password .INPUTS securestring .OUTPUTS string #> [CmdletBinding( PositionalBinding=$true )] [Alias('Convert-SecureString')] [OutputType([String])] Param ( [Parameter( Mandatory, ValueFromPipeline, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName )] [Alias('Password')] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [securestring]$SecureString ) Process { [Microsoft.PowerShell.DesiredStateConfiguration.Internal.DscClassCache]::GetStringFromSecureString($SecureString) } } |