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March 30, 2007Mar 30, 200703/30/07Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search for a word in a text file and then, after I find it, echo back that word and any remaining text in the text file?— KA
Hey, KA. Before we begin we’d like to thank the hundreds and hundreds of people who have sent Scripting Guy Jean Ross get well wishes after her unfortunate mishap at Microsoft Management Summit 2007.
March 29, 2007Mar 29, 200703/29/07Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search a text file of product IDs and retrieve just those lines that meet a specified pattern?— WT
Hey, WT. Before we get to today’s question we were wondering if anyone else has seen the commercial for the car that features the all-new “heartbeat sensor?” The idea is that,
March 28, 2007Mar 28, 200703/28/07Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the color of the scrollbars in an HTA?— IR
Hey, IR. How many times have you thought to yourself, “Gee, the Scripting Guy who writes that column is so smart; how come he isn’t rich?” (OK,
March 27, 2007Mar 27, 200703/27/07Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the members of a Microsoft Outlook distribution list?— KH
Hey, KH. You know, that’s an interesting question. As it turns out, you can – ow! Hey, let go! Ow! Stop it! Come on,
March 27, 2007Mar 27, 200703/27/07Hey, Scripting Guy! We have an in-house application that, unfortunately, crashes a lot; when that happens we have to go through a lengthy procedure to restart the program. Using Windows PowerShell, is there any way I can be notified when this application crashes?—
March 24, 2007Mar 24, 200703/24/07Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I parse a tab-delimited file, and then save the resulting information as a comma-separated values file?— DM
Hey, DM. You know, yesterday morning the Scripting Guy who writes this column had to scrape the ice off his windshield;
March 23, 2007Mar 23, 200703/23/07Hey, Scripting Guy! Any time I’m connected to a wireless network I can open the Wireless Network Connection Status dialog box and see a series of bars – 1 through 5 – that indicates the signal strength. How can I get that same information using a script?—
March 22, 2007Mar 22, 200703/22/07Hey, Scripting Guy! I use HTAs as data entry forms, but I don’t really like the way the forms look when they have a bunch of text boxes on them. How can I allow my users to type data into a form without using text boxes?—
March 21, 2007Mar 21, 200703/21/07Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to create a logon script that maps a network drive based on the logged-on user’s user name and OU. How can I do that?— KB
Hey, KB. You know, KB, this is probably the toughest day of the year for the Scripting Guy who writes this column.
March 20, 2007Mar 20, 200703/20/07Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to delete some desktop shortcuts; however, I don’t know which folder those shortcuts might be in. For example, they might be in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop or they might be in, say, C:\Documents and Settings\kenmyer\Desktop. How can I delete these shortcuts if I’m not sure where they’re located?—
