Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a new folder each night, using a folder name based on the current date? -- DM Hey, DM. In answer to your unasked question, no, the Scripting Guy who writes this column did not get selected to sit on a jury; as...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I insert a field in a Word document that shows the date two weeks from today? -- HO Hey, HO. As you’re reading this the Scripting Guy who writes this column is no doubt sitting in the bowels of the King County Superior...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the desktop wallpaper to one of six pre-defined selections? -- SB Hey, SB. You know, when the Scripting Guy who writes this column first sat down to tackle this problem he thought he had a really cool solution...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a file that has IP addresses and server names on each line. How can I delete the IP addresses, leaving just the server names? -- RR Hey, RR. In case you’re wondering, as we’re writing today’s column temperatures are still...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set Office Excel’s default file path to a user’s home directory? -- LL Hey, LL. We hope that the script we’re about to show you will answer your question; if it doesn’t, you might have to wait...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the groups in a Windows NT 4.0 domain? -- MN Hey, MN. It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the USA, and, normally, you’d expect the Scripting Guy who writes this column to start things off by...

Hey, Scripting Guy! On a Windows 2000 computer, how can I subtract days from a UTC date-time value? -- KP Hey, KP. Yes, we do blame all of this on Scripting Guy Dean Tsaltas. The Scripting Guy who writes this column has known Dean for six years...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I read the first line of every file in a folder and then move each file if the line contains thisdomain.com or thatdomain.com ? -- AZ Hey, AZ. We’ll get to your question in a moment. However, before we do that we...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I retrieve the Subject property for a .MSI file? -- J L-G Hey, J L-G. Before you ask, the Scripting Guy who writes this column has no comment on the January 8 th Florida-Ohio State football game. That’s primarily...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a new item to Office Word’s AutoCorrect list? -- OK Hey, OK. To begin with, we should point out that we have no way of knowing whether your initials really are O and K; after all, they could just as easily...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the version of DirectX installed on a computer? -- ML Hey, ML. How can you determine the version of DirectX installed on a computer? That’s an important question, and we’ll get to that in a moment...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get the Date Picture Taken property from a .JPG file? -- MW Hey, MW. Before we answer your question we should point out that this is likely to be the last Hey, Scripting Guy! column for quite some time to come. Not...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I number the lines in a text file? -- AS Hey, AS. You know, after being on vacation for three weeks the Scripting Guy who writes this column has a lot of catching up to do. In turn, that means that you have a lot of catching...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I clear all the formatting from a Microsoft Word document? -- TF Hey, TF. After a much-deserved holiday hiatus we are back, with the first official Hey, Scripting Guy! column for the year 2007. And yes, we know: technically...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I append a blank line to a text file, then append the current date and time? -- PL Hey, PL. You know, back in the 1600s people were inordinately worried about witches and witchcraft. Fortunately, though, they developed a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the Access database files (.mdb and .ldb files) on a computer? -- MG Hey, MG. You know, in this day and age most people don’t believe in Santa Claus. Well, we happen to know that these people are wrong: Santa...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In our school, how can I enable teachers to change a student’s password to their logon name, then force those students to change their password the next time they log on? -- DS Hey, DS. Boy, did you pick the wrong person to ask...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a shortcut that opens Internet Explorer with the address bar hidden? -- WA Hey, WA. You know, any time a science fiction writer starts to run low on ideas he or she writes a story in which someone goes to bed and...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a network printer at logon? I’d also like to make that the default printer unless the user has a local printer. In that case I don’t want to make the network printer the default printer. -- DB Hey, DB. So, how are...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I copy a user’s phone number to his or her description for all the users in Active Directory? -- DL Hey, DL. You know, the Scripting Guy who writes this column considers today’s column to be his all-time favorite. Why? Because...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I start a process and then wait until that process quits before terminating the script? -- FG Hey, FG. Before we answer your question, the Scripting Guy who writes this column has a confession to make: he’s the one who ruined...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In Excel, how can I compare a list of names found in one column with a list of names found in another column? -- GS Hey, GS. You know, in general we Scripting Guys are charged with presenting people with facts; in turn, we’re really...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In a logon script, which attribute do I use to determine the OU that the local computer belongs to? -- JP Hey, JP. Most people are familiar with Cupid, the Roman god of love. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert a tilde-delimited file to Microsoft Excel format? -- JN Hey, JN. You know, to tell you the truth we’re beginning to rethink our approach to this column. After all, usually we tell people how easy things are, and...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I expand the width of the Windows PowerShell console? When I display certain kinds of data – like information from the event logs – that data gets cut off because the console window isn’t wide enough. -- TB Hey, TB. Wow...