June, 2010

Q: Hey Scripting Guy! I need to convert a VBScript into Windows PowerShell 2.0. The script reads the first line of all text files that are in a particular folder, and if a specific word is in that file, it moves the text file to an archive folder. ...

Q: Hey Scripting Guy! I need help migrating a script from VBScript to Windows PowerShell 2.0. The VBScript is one that I based upon an old Hey Scripting Guy! article. I use it to search a text file for specific words. If the words are found, the script...

    Hey, Scripting Guy! I am trying to learn Windows PowerShell 2.0, but I am having some issues when it comes to string manipulation. I have been a faithful reader of the Scripting Guys for several years, and I have found many of the scripts...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I decided to get up early this morning and head out with my laptop, a camera, and my panama hat. My destination? Battery Park . The Scripting Wife and I are in Charleston , South Carolina , for the weekend, and...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Once again, the Scripting Wife and I are on the road. This weekend we are heading to Charleston, South Carolina, to hang out and to see a couple music groups. The Scripting Wife is driving, and I am playing around...

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Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to add hyperlinks to a document by using Windows PowerShell . But I do not want to add hyperlinks to objects that are set in a code style or a heading style. I only want to add the hyperlink to the word if it is in a normal...

Hey, Scripting Guy! We are getting ready to deploy Office 2010 to our user community, and I need to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to print a list of keyboard shortcuts for working with Microsoft Word. In the past, I was able to print a chart of all the keyboard...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to convert Microsoft Word documents to the new document format. If a user opens an old document (.doc) file extension in Microsoft Word 2010 and makes changes, they are prompted about saving the...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to count the number of words in a bunch of Microsoft Word documents. All of the documents are stored in a specific folder, but there are a mixture of Microsoft Word 2010 and Microsoft...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The neighbor’s dog never seems to sleep. It is up early this morning, singing for its breakfast. I have news for the creature: Its voice is not nearly as great as he thinks it is. Oh, well, for these past...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife and I are on the road again. She is driving, and I am playing around with Windows PowerShell enumerations. Teresa made friends with a couple we met in the concierge lounge of our hotel in Lisbon...

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Hey Scripting Guy! Will you give us the final steps in the step-by-step guide about how to use an existing Windows PKI installation to sign Windows PowerShell scripts, or were you just kidding yesterday ? --HR Hello HR, Microsoft Scripting...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Would you please write an article that is a step-by-step guide about how to use an existing Windows PKI installation to sign Windows PowerShell scripts? -- HR Hello HR, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am so...

Today we have a guest article by Ravikanth who works at Dell, Inc., as a lead engineer in the SharePoint Solutions Team. He loves automation and is a Windows PowerShell fanatic. He writes regularly on his blog about topics related to Windows PowerShell...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How about a brief recap from one of the judges of the 2010 Scripting Games? -- SW Hello SW, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am glad you asked. We have just such a recap from Don Jones, expert commentator and judge...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The constant pounding of the waves against the shore has a calming effect upon stressed psyches. The moist salty ocean air carries to the balcony as the sea spray from the waves wafts along the brisk breeze that...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. The Scripting Wife met me as I was coming down the back stairs with her suitcase packed. “Good morning, my dear! What’s up?” I exclaimed with a hint of curiosity in my voice. “We are...

Hey, Scripting Guy! What type of errors and mistakes did you notice in the entries for the 2010 Scripting Games? -- BA Hello BA, Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I am a really laid back sort of guy, and I do not like the words “errors”...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to log a user out of their desktop machine if they launch a particular application. This is not for security reasons or to keep people from playing games. This is because we have a really...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to create a text file that is a specific size. I know that I can create a text file by using FSUTIL, but when I open the file, it is empty. Therefore, I would like a text file that contains...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to query for the contents of a special folder on my Windows 7 computer. I would like to use Windows PowerShell to do this. I know I can use the Get-ChildItem cmdlet to return the contents of a folder, but I am not sure how to...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to be able to use Windows PowerShell 2.0 to monitor for the insertion of a portable USB drive into a computer. When the drive is detected as having been added to the computer, I would like to have the script copy files...

Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. Our alarm clock died a slow, but rather painless death. All of a sudden, it began to lose track of time. It would forget to wake us up in the morning, and worst of all, it would at times just randomly display time...