Simlpe Win GUI - should I try PowerShell or just stick with HTA?

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Published on 2010-04-28T20:03:17Z Indexed on 2010/04/28 20:07 UTC
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knowing what PowerShell can do on a command line I have never learned how to write GUIs with it. Should I?

Or just go back to the good old HTA / VBScript?

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