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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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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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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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Thursday, May 19, 2005 3:40 PM

How Can I Switch Between Using a Proxy Server and Not Using a Proxy Server?

Hey, Scripting Guy! At work we need to use a proxy server to connect to the Internet; when I take my laptop home to work, however, I don’t need to use a proxy server. I know I can use the Internet Options in Control Panel to change between using a proxy
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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, February 21, 2005 5:55 AM

How Can I Create a GUID Using a Script?

Hey, Scripting Guy! We have items that we need to track using unique identification numbers. My boss suggested that we use GUIDs for this purpose. Is there any way to create a GUID using a script? -- DX Hey, DX. GUIDs (globally unique identifiers) are
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Monday, December 20, 2004 8:11 AM

How Can I Return a List of Downloaded Controls and Applets for Internet Explorer?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there an easy way to find out what programs have been downloaded for Internet Explorer (the items that are in the folder C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files)? I can use a script to get the executable file names and dependent files,
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Wednesday, December 15, 2004 7:20 AM

How Can I Grab a URL From the Clipboard and Then Open That Web Site in a Browser?

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I grab a URL from the clipboard and then open that Web site in a browser? -- CL Hey, CL. Interesting question, or, should we say, questions . That’s because there’s really two issues here. The first one is easy: can I use a
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Monday, November 08, 2004 7:30 AM

How Can I Change the Internet Explorer Home Page?

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I change the Internet Explorer home page by using a script? -- AH Hey, AH. It’s Monday morning, and after a hard weekend of sitting around watching football, we decided to take it easy this morning. Yes, you can change the Internet
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