Showing archive results for August 2004

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to do something that seems pretty simple: call the dir command from a script. It doesn’t seem to work, though. How come?-- CR, Mexico City, Mexico Hey, CR. It appears from your mail that you’re trying to do a simple thing like this: However, instead of getting a list of everything in the current folder, you’re gettin...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script where users enter some information in an Input box. The information needs to be entered in all-capital letters, so my instructions say, “Please make sure the Caps Lock key is on before entering the information.” They don’t always do that, however. Is there a way to turn the Caps Lock key on and off using a scrip...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to run a command-line tool from a script, but I need to pass it a long file name like C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\logfile.txt. No matter how I try to pass that file name, however, my script blows up on me. Help!-- WK, Birmingham, Great Britain Hey, WK. Ah, yes: you’ve encountered the dreaded double do...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Some of the things we do in our logon scripts require the user to be a local administrator. How can the script tell if the user is a local admin or not?-- GM, Denver, CO Hey, GM. The best way to do that is to check the membership of the local Administrator’s group and see if the user is in there. To do that, you need to first...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Whenever I use a message box, the caption reads Windows Script Host. Is there any way to change that caption?-- TT, Reno, NV Hey, TT. To answer your question, no, not if you’re using Wscript.Echo; in that case, you’re stuck with the caption Windows Script Host. However, you can create a custom caption using the VBScript Msgbox...