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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I print a test page to a printer?-- RR Hey, RR. As long as you’re running Windows XP this is an easy one; that’s because the revised Win32_Printer class introduced in Windows XP includes a method called PrintTestPage. As you might expect, this means you can bind to a given printer on a computer and then call the Print...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I convert a comma-separated values file to a tab-separated values file?-- RV Hey, RV. Depending on the nature of your comma-separated values (CSV) file this is either very easy or a little bit tricky. Let’s follow the Scripting Guys Philosophy of Life and look at the easy one first. Note. Of course, in our real P...

Hey Scripting Guy! How can I delete a folder and all its subfolders?-- FB Hey, FB. You know, a lot of people think the Scripting Guys know everything there is to know about scripting. Let’s put it this way: we wish. In fact, it’s only when we begin to think that we do know something about scripting that we get ourselves into trouble. Take (pleas...

  Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there any way to monitor a folder for file creations and deletions, all with just one script? -- HA Hey, HA. By the way, thanks for the question: you temporarily saved us from answering a different question, one that was proving a bit difficult thanks to some surprising differences between Windows XP Service Pack 1 a...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder of about 1,000 .RTF files. I need to convert all of these to Word documents (.DOC files). Can you help me with this?-- LS Hey, LS. Sure, we can help you. We’re not going to, but we could if we wanted to. No, wait, come back: we’re just kidding. Not only can we help you, but we will help you. To prove it, let’s...