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Friday, October 09, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (10/9/09)

In this post : How Can I Change the Internet Explorer Title Bar? How Can I Create a Password Based on the User's First Name and Last Name? How Can I Bail Out a For...Next Loop When the Number 15 Is Reached? How Can I Modify an Executable File's Compatibility
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Friday, August 14, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Download Multiple Files at Once with Internet Explorer in Windows 7?

Hey Scripting Guy! Internet Explorer used to be limited to only downloading two items at a time. I found a script that would increase it to 10, but that script does not work on Windows 7. I got accustomed to being able to download 10 things at the same
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Wednesday, January 07, 2009 8:52 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Change My Internet Explorer Home Page?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I just found out that Internet Explorer 7 and even Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 allows you to have multiple home pages. This is like soooo cool. I would like to be able to write a script that uses Windows PowerShell to change the start
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Friday, November 28, 2008 9:28 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (11/28/08)

“File Not Found” Error When Trying to Run a PowerPoint Presentation from the Windows XP Desktop Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a problem when I try to run a Microsoft Office PowerPoint slideshow that I have saved on the desktop of my Windows XP computer.
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Friday, September 15, 2006 12:46 PM

How Can I Tell if Any Internet Explorer Windows Are Open to a Particular Web Site?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if I have any Internet Explorer windows open to a particular Web site? -- N Hey, N. Before we begin the Scripting Guys would like to state, for the record, that we have never tried to obtain each other’s phone records
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Tuesday, May 09, 2006 6:46 AM

How Can I Clear the List of URLs That Appear in the Internet Explorer Address Bar?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I clear the list of URLs that appear in the Internet Explorer address bar? -- GA Hey, GA. You know, if you’ve ever pondered the question, “What is it that makes the Scripting Guys different from other Microsoft employees?”
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Wednesday, April 26, 2006 6:29 AM

How Can I Get a List of All My Internet Cookies?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all my Internet cookies? -- ZO Hey, ZO. OK, we have to admit it: you tricked the Scripting Guys, and we fell for it, hook, line, and sinker. As soon as we saw your email - and the word “cookies” - there was
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Monday, March 13, 2006 7:28 PM

How Can I Write Output to the Screen that Overwrites Whatever is Currently on the Screen?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write output to the screen that overwrites whatever is currently on the screen? -- KM Hey, KM. If you specifically need to write your output to the command window, well, then we don’t have an answer for you: although we played
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Monday, March 06, 2006 4:17 PM

How Can I Change the Internet Explorer Title Bar?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I recently signed up with a new Internet service and now every time I start Internet Explorer the window title says Internet Explorer Provided by Fabrikam.com . How can I change the Internet Explorer title bar? -- AD Hey, AD. You know,
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006 10:24 AM

How Can I Re-Launch Internet Explorer if No Other Instances are Running?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I re-launch Internet Explorer if no other instances are running? -- MT Hey, MT. Thanks for the question. You know, nowadays everyone picks on poor little Internet Explorer (even though the vast majority of Windows users still
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 11:08 AM

How Can I Configure the History Setting in Internet Explorer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure the Days to keep pages in history setting in Internet Explorer? -- AK Hey, AK. To tell you the truth, at first we were a little hesitant about answering this question. Why? Well, we’ve all seen enough TV to know
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Monday, November 14, 2005 10:54 AM

How Can I Tell if ActiveX is Enabled in Internet Explorer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if ActiveX is enabled in Internet Explorer? -- JV Hey, JV. You just had to ask this question, didn’t you? Actually, this isn’t a particularly hard question to answer, it’s just a little complicated. But that has to do
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Monday, June 13, 2005 8:09 AM

How Can I Change the Size of the Temporary Internet Files Folder?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the amount of disk space set aside for Internet Explorer’s temporary files folder? -- AD Hey, AD. The first draft of this column we were able to bang out in no time; after all, it consisted entirely of this: Beats
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Friday, May 06, 2005 1:17 PM

How Can I Make Internet Explorer Check for a New Version Each Time I Visit a Web Page?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I make sure that Internet Explorer 6 checks for a new version on each visit to a Web page? -- MD Hey, MD. In baseball lingo we’d call this a can of corn: a lazy fly ball we couldn’t possibly drop. This is a tricky little question
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Monday, May 02, 2005 1:45 PM

How Can I Add a Site to Internet Explorer’s Restricted Sites Zone?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a site to Internet Explorer’s Restricted Sites zone on a remote computer? -- NS Hey, NS. When it comes to scripting, Internet Explorer has a sort of dual personality. If you want to program the application itself, well,
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