November 2005 | Scripting Blog

How Can I Close a Command Window with a Specific Title?

ScriptingGuy1November 30, 2005Nov 30, 200511/30/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use WSH to close a command window with a specific title?-- MF Hey, MF. You know, some things are just really hard to believe, regardless of whether or not they happen to be true. For example, according to the Big Bang Theory the entire universe was created when a miniscule spec of super-dense matter exploded se

How Can I Set Word’s Revision View Mode to Final?

ScriptingGuy1November 29, 2005Nov 29, 200511/29/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! In Microsoft Word 2003, my documents open as Final Showing Markup. How can I change this so the default view is Final?-- CD Hey, CD. You know, this is the first Hey, Scripting Guy! column we’ve written since returning from the Thanksgiving holiday. After four days of eating, football, eating, basketball, and then a lit

How Can I Rename Files Like _JKG1234.jpg to 272_DSC_1234.jpg?

ScriptingGuy1November 28, 2005Nov 28, 200511/28/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename files like _JKG1234.jpg to 272_DSC_1234.jpg?-- NA Hey, NA. You know, NA, we feel sorry for you. Why? Well, on the one hand you’re unbelievably lucky. After all, the Scripting Guys never write scripts that they actually use, yet you somehow managed to hit upon an exception. Talk about defying the odds!

How Can I Get a List of All the Groups Whose Name Starts with G-S-Group?

ScriptingGuy1November 23, 2005Nov 23, 200511/23/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use wildcards to get a list of all the groups whose name starts with G-S-Group?-- JD Hey, JD. It’s the day before Thanksgiving, and one of the Scripting Guys is headed out of town as soon as he finishes his Hey, Scripting Guy! column. And what a coincidence: he happened to pick a question about searching A

How Can I Sort Worksheets in a Workbook?

ScriptingGuy1November 22, 2005Nov 22, 200511/22/05

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I sort worksheets in a workbook?-- FS Hey, FS. How can you sort worksheets in a workbook? Well, to tell you the truth, not as easily as we had hoped you could sort worksheets in a workbook. This doesn’t mean it can’t be done; it just means that the process is a tiny bit convoluted. Because of that, don’t fe

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November 2005 | Scripting Blog

How Can I Close a Command Window with a Specific Title?

How Can I Set Word’s Revision View Mode to Final?

How Can I Rename Files Like _JKG1234.jpg to 272_DSC_1234.jpg?

How Can I Get a List of All the Groups Whose Name Starts with G-S-Group?

How Can I Sort Worksheets in a Workbook?

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