Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a text file containing latitudes and longitudes. The numbers look like this: 36000000. I need to format these numbers so they look like this: 36.000000. How can I reformat numbers using a script?-- BE
Hey, BE. You know, if you have a question about numbers then you came to the right place. After all, one of the ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! We have a bunch of Windows Server 2003 computers in our organization. Some of these computers are running Windows Server 2003 R2 and some are not. How can I tell which of our Windows Server 2003 computers are running R2?-- TX
Hey, TX. You know, that’s a question that people have been trying to answer for hundreds and ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have some text files that include Unicode characters. When I try to open those files using a script all I get back is gibberish. How can I open a text file as Unicode?-- FA
Hey, FA. You know, the truly great magicians don’t concoct elaborate tricks that rely on trap doors, secret panels, and huge puffs of smoke to ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add an Edit command to the context menu for an HTA? That way, any time I right-click an HTA file I can click Edit and then open the file in Notepad.-- TC
Hey, TC. You know, one of the Scripting Guys once had a friend who got a summer job baking pies in a local bakery. Admittedly, that sounds like the absolute ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the Title property of a .WMA file?-- LL
Hey, LL. Here’s a piece of trivia for you. Originally, the Beatles’ classic Yesterday was titled Scrambled Eggs. (Start singing the song, but instead of singing “Yesterday” sing “Scrambled eggs.”) Before the group recorded the song, however, Paul wrote ...