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January 2005 - Page 2 of 5 - Scripting Blog [archived]

How Can I Determine the Next Available Drive Letter on a Computer?

January 24, 2005 Jan 24, 2005 01/24/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the next available drive letter on a computer?-- TW(image) (image) (image) Hey, TW. Interesting question, and one that crops up from time-to-time. In the old days, when users only had drives A, B, and C, this was easy; you could pretty much guess that any drive letter other than those three ...

How Can I Find and Move an Active Directory Computer Account?

January 21, 2005 Jan 21, 2005 01/21/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to move a computer account from one OU to another; however, I don’t know which OU the computer account is currently in. Any advice?-- AA(image) (image) (image) Hey, AA. You know, one thing that marks all the great advice columns - Dear Abby; Ann Landers; Hey, Scripting Guy! - is the fact that, over time...

How Can I Tell Which Switches Were Used When Starting an Executable File?

January 20, 2005 Jan 20, 2005 01/20/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to tell which command-line arguments (if any) were used when starting an executable file?-- TO(image) (image) (image) Hey, TO. We don’t mean to cause a scandal in the scripting world - well, OK, we don’t mean to cause any more scandals in the scripting world. But - gasp! - we’re going to ...

How Can I Change the Caption for the My Computer Icon?

January 19, 2005 Jan 19, 2005 01/19/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Instead of having the My Computer icon on the desktop read My Computer, I’d like to replace that with the name of the computer. Can I do that using a script?-- TG(image) (image) (image) Hey, TG. We get asked this question quite a bit; apparently a lot of you find it convenient to have the computer name right ...

How Can I Make a Read-Only File Writeable?

January 18, 2005 Jan 18, 2005 01/18/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is it possible to use a script to change the read-only attribute of a file?-- ZO(image) (image) (image) Hey, ZO. Of course, you can do this; the FileSystemObject can do anything! Well, OK, it can’t do either of those things. And, no, it can’t do that, either. But it can change a read-only file to a writeable...