The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

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

December 15, 2004 Dec 15, 2004 12/15/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I grab a URL from the clipboard and then open that Web site in a browser?-- CL(image) (image) (image) 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 script to open a specified Web site? As you probably ...

How Can I Rename an Active Directory Group?

December 14, 2004 Dec 14, 2004 12/14/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename an Active Directory group?-- CL(image) (image) (image) Hey, CL. This is actually pretty easy; as you’ll see, it only takes two lines of code. It’s not a hard problem, it’s just a little bit tricky. That’s because ADSI (at least when it comes to dealing with Active Directory) does not ...

How Can I Run a Script Under Alternate Credentials?

December 13, 2004 Dec 13, 2004 12/13/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there a way for me to log on to a computer using a regular user account, but then run a script as a domain administrator?-- WW(image) (image) (image) Hey, WW. In answer to your question, yes, both WMI and ADSI provide a way for you to run a script under alternate security credentials; that is, both allow you ...

How Can I Map Drives Based on Membership in a Group?

December 10, 2004 Dec 10, 2004 12/10/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I map drives in a logon script based on a security group each user belong to?-- RO(image) (image) (image) Hey, RO. Considering the fact that this question has been asked by approximately 3,755,392 of our readers - oops, there’s another one; make that 3,755,393 of our readers - we decided it might be a ...

How Can I Rename Files Based on the File’s Creation Date?

December 9, 2004 Dec 9, 2004 12/9/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder that contains a bunch of log files. I would like to rename each file based on the date the file was created; for example, if a file was created on December 1, 2004, I’d like to rename it 20041201.log. Is that possible?-- CK(image) (image) (image) Hey, CK. Listen, when it comes to scripting, ...

Scripting Blog [archived]

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