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Friday, November 13, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (11/13/09)

In this post : Dealing with Quarantined File Types and Exchange Server Scanning Multiple Remote Computers and Creating a Resultant CSV File How Can I Check for the Latest Daylight Saving Time Update? Troubleshooting the Use of WSMan with Windows PowerShell
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Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I "Unlock" a Read-Only File, Edit it, and Make It Read-Only Again?

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a number of files that we need to access at work from time to time. To protect these files, we make them read-only. This works great from a file protection standpoint, but it is really annoying when I need to make updates to
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Wednesday, September 23, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Sort Files by Creation Date?

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a number of files that I work with based upon the date the file was created. I need an easy way to sort the listing of the files in a folder by creation date if possible. I am not sure this is even possible. When I look at the
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Check for the Presence or Absence of a Text File?

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! We use text files in special folders to determine if we have performed an operation on a computer. For example, we might install a piece of software on a computer. While it is possible to query the Win32_Product WMI
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Monday, September 21, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Clean Up File Names?

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a number of files that were manually created by various people in a common folder. Unfortunately, they did not follow a specific naming convention as well as they should, and as a result they do not sort very
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Friday, September 11, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (9/11/09)

Share this post: Hey Scripting Guy! I stumbled across the TechNet Script Center recently while trying to solve a problem I had at work. I had heard about scripting, of course, but had never taken the time to learn about it. I was able to find a script
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Create New Folders in a Sequentially Numbered Series?

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! I hate to type numbers. I actually took typing in high school and did really well with it. I was able to type more than 40 words per minute at the end of the class with no errors. I got an A for the class. But, I was
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Delete All Files from Nested Folders and Subfolders?

Share this post: Hey, Scripting Guy! At work we have a series of folders that are used to store files for a month. At the end of the month, we need to delete all of the files that are in the folders and start over. The folder structure is very nested;
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I Determine Which Folders Are Using the Most Space on My Computer?

Hey Scripting Guy! I have a laptop that I bought last year with Windows Vista installed on it. I love it. However, I have been reading all the positive reviews surrounding Windows 7, and I think I am going to install Windows 7 as soon as it is available.
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Friday, July 24, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/24/09)

Troubleshooting a VBScript Script That Reports All Software Installed on a Computer Hey Scripting Guy! I am pretty new to use VBScript and seem to have hit a wall. I put together the script below to output a file containing all the software installed
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Friday, July 03, 2009 12:01 AM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (7/3/09)

How Can I List Files and Folders with Special Characters in Their Names? Hey, Scripting Guy! First I would like to thank you for all the good humour you present me every time I need you. I’m trying to use one of your scripts to list the files and folders
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Friday, May 22, 2009 9:44 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (05/22/09)

How Can I Determine if a Particular Windows Feature Is Installed? Hey, Scripting Guy! I am new to Windows PowerShell scripting and have a little experience with WMI thanks to your Windows PowerShell Scriptomatic tool. I'm trying to determine whether a
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Thursday, April 23, 2009 8:16 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Work with Directories, Files, and Folders by Using Windows PowerShell?

Hey, Scripting Guy! This may not sound too exciting, but I do a lot of work with files and folders. I constantly have to create folders and files, move files, and move folders. This was easy to do by using VBScript, but nevertheless it always required
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009 6:04 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Rename All of the Pictures in a Folder?

My scripting husband travels a great deal with his job, and he takes these really cool pictures. Unfortunately, he is somewhat lazy about downloading the pictures from the camera. As a result, we have pictures from Hawaii that are named Phoenix_Desert_05.jpg.
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009 6:03 PM

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Rename All Files in a Folder?

I want to use SharePoint for our company’s script library, but it will not allow us to upload a VBScript file. It accepts PS1 files just fine, but we still have quite a few VBScripts and we need to keep a central repository of them. We have decided to
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