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Friday, September 18, 2009 12:20 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (9/18/09)

Share this post: Can I Delete All Items in the Deleted Items Folder? Hey, Scripting Guy! I need a VBScript script that will delete all of the e-mails in the Deleted Items folder. I have tried to do this, but I am not able to get it to delete all of the
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Thursday, January 29, 2009 6:02 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Display My Office Outlook Appointments Without Starting Office Outlook?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I live and I die by my Office Outlook calendar. But Office Outlook sometimes seems to be rather slow when I am logging on first thing in the morning. When I have to boot up my laptop, log on to the network, start Office Outlook, and
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009 6:01 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Notify Users of the Space Their Deleted Items Folder Is Using?

Hey, Scripting Guy! My users seem to think that once they delete an e-mail message, it is gone. Most do not have the concept of going and emptying their Deleted Items folder. Using Windows PowerShell on Exchange, I can easily obtain a report from the
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009 6:01 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Determine How Many Office Outlook E-Mail Messages I Sent in a Week?

Hey, Scripting Guy! The Pointy Headed Boss (PHB) just got back from some kind of stupid management summit, and he has decided he needs to track our work activities more closely. As a result, we now have to give him a weekly progress report. Seems to me
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Monday, January 26, 2009 6:00 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Use Windows PowerShell to Work with Junk E-Mail in Office Outlook?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find out how many e-mail messages are in my Junk folder. I found a script that does this with VBScript, but I need to be able to do it in Windows PowerShell. I do not want to delete the junk e-mail, because there are times
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:19 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Add a Hyperlink to a Microsoft Office Outlook Signature?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to use a script to create a Microsoft Office Outlook signature, but I can’t figure out how to add a live hyperlink to that signature. Can you help? -- BK Hey, BK. You know, it’s interesting that you mention signatures. During
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Monday, June 23, 2008 11:17 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Open and Close Outlook Attachments?

Hey, Scripting Guy! We recently implemented a scheme whereby Team Leads or Contract Sponsors may request server access for their Team members by submitting an Excel spreadsheet. To this end, I proposed a script that will open Outlook, look for items in
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Friday, June 13, 2008 11:08 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Retrieve Free/Busy Time From Microsoft Outlook?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that retrieves free/busy time from Outlook? -- JH Hey, JH. As we noted yesterday , the Scripting Guys are back from a whirlwind trip to Orlando, where we flew into town, delivered a pair of instructor-led labs
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 11:00 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Save My Outlook Contacts as .MSG Files?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to export all my contacts as .MSG files. Is that possible? -- FG Hey, FG. You know, the other day the Scripting Guy who writes this column was watching his … beloved … Seattle Mariners play the Angels. (The Scripting Guy
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 10:40 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Move Emails From One Outlook Folder to Another?

Hey, Scripting Guy! You’ve had several articles that show how it’s possible to find specific email messages in Outlook; for example, you’ve shown us how to find all the emails sent by a particular person. What I was wondering is this: after you find these
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:13 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Schedule a Meeting Each Monday Through Friday For Two Weeks?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I schedule a meeting to occur every day, Monday through Friday, for two weeks? -- GB Hey, GB. As it turns out, the Scripting Guy who writes this column has not moved to some place where it doesn’t snow in April . That’s not
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Wednesday, April 02, 2008 9:35 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Sort Items Retrieved From a Microsoft Outlook Folder?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to write a script that does something with all the email messages in my Outlook Inbox. However, I need to sort those messages by the date they were received, and I can’t figure out how to do that. Can you help? -- SL Hey,
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Thursday, February 21, 2008 8:12 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Set a Reminder on All My Office Outlook Appointments?

Hey, Scripting Guy! My manager does not like appointment reminders; therefore every meeting request she sends is without reminders. I like reminders and I try to remember to turn them on, but sometimes I forget; that means that if I'm not on top of my
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Wednesday, November 14, 2007 9:39 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Run a Script Any Time Office Outlook is Started?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I run a script any time Outlook is started? -- AT Hey, AT. Today is Wednesday, and Wednesday is a busy day here at TechEd IT Forum . For one thing, this afternoon the Scripting Guys will be making a guest appearance at the
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007 9:08 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Determine the Age, in Years, of an Office Outlook Contact?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Given the birthday for one of my Office Outlook contacts, how can I tell how old that person is? -- JC Hey, JC. We have to tell you, JC, that you initially gave us quite a start with this question. Why? Well, when the Scripting Guy
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