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October 2005 - Scripting Blog [archived]

How Can I Start an Application From an HTA?

October 31, 2005 Oct 31, 2005 10/31/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there an alternative to the Wscript.Shell command for HTAs? I need to run an application and specify the file to open.-- DL(image) (image) (image) Hey, DL. Yes, we do know of an alternative to the Wscript.Shell command that will work in HTAs, and we’ll show you that in a minute. Before we do that, however, ...

How Can I Determine an Attribute’s Data Type and Whether It is Single- or Multi-Valued?

October 28, 2005 Oct 28, 2005 10/28/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I query the Active Directory schema for an attribute’s data type and whether it is single-valued or multi-valued?-- MS(image) (image) (image) Hey, MS. You know, this turned out to be one of those questions that drive us crazy: after all, it seemed like it would be so easy to answer. As you’ve ...

How Can I Determine Which Drives are Mapped to Network Shares?

October 27, 2005 Oct 27, 2005 10/27/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which drives on a computer are mapped to network shares?-- CP(image) (image) (image) Hey, CP. OK, you better sit down, because what we’re about to say will shock you: if you want to determine which drives on a computer are mapped to network shares, don’t use the Win32_MappedLogicalDisk ...

How Can I Determine if an OU is Blocking Group Policy Inheritance?

October 26, 2005 Oct 26, 2005 10/26/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if an OU has the Group Policy property Block Policy Inheritance box checked?-- PP(image) (image) (image) Hey, PP. You know, sometimes you wait all your life for a situation to arise, and then it never arises. For example, one of the Scripting Guys happens to know all nine verses to the song ...

How Can I Delete a Backup File Created on the Previous Day?

October 25, 2005 Oct 25, 2005 10/25/05
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(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Each day we have a program that creates a file with a name similar to this: backup_20050607.bak. How can I delete the previous day’s file?-- JC(image) (image) (image) Hey, JC. Hmmm, a script that goes out and automatically deletes whatever happened the day before. Boy, could we have used a script like that a ...