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Hey, Scripting Guy! A while back you showed how we could use the InputBox function to prompt a user to enter a value we could then use in our script. What I’d like to know is, is there any way I can take that value and use it in another script?-- JW Hey, JW. We’re guessing here, but apparently you’d like to have a script that, among other things...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to have a hyperlink to a Web page in a message box?-- CB Hey, CB. Sounds like you want to display a message box to users and, ideally, you’d like to include a hyperlink they could click on for more information. For example, suppose a user tried to access some resource and was turned away. In a case like that, y...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How do I determine the OU a user account belongs to?-- CO Hey, CO. Ah, yes: the OU a user belongs to. No doubt a lot of you are thinking, “Well, there’s probably an OU property of some kind in Active Directory that gives you that information. All you have to do is locate the user account, and then get the value of the OU prop...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a script to show me all the files in a folder? And then how can I modify that script so it shows me all the files in any subfolders of that folder?-- CS Hey, CS. Yesterday we showed everyone a script that changed all the files in a folder from read-only to read-write. We also promised that, in today’s column, we...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change a read-only file to a read-write file?-- WR Hey, WR. We don’t mean to shock you, but how can you change a read-only file to a read-write file? Why, by using a script, of course! We know: you never saw that coming, did you? As a matter of fact, you can use this script, which changes the file C:\Scripts\Test.vb...