The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.
New PowerShell content is being posted to the PowerShell Community blog where members of the community can create posts by submitting content in the GitHub repository.
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Hey, Scripting Guy! In an HTA, how can I read the individual lines in a multi-line text box?-- KM(image) (image) (image)
Hey, KM. You know, to be perfectly honest the Scripting Guy who writes this column has always had a grudging admiration for people who do totally ridiculous things and yet somehow manage to get away with them. For ...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the text for the Marquee screen saver?-- SJ(image) (image) (image)
Hey, SJ. Greetings from the frozen wasteland formerly known as Redmond, WA. On Monday night a freak November snowstorm hit the Seattle area. However, instead of leaving behind snow it left behind an inch or so of ice; ice which, in...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a suffix to a folder name? For example, I’d like to rename the folder C:\January to C:\January_2006.-- NB(image) (image) (image)
Hey, NB. You know, back in July the Scripting Guy who writes this column happened to wander through the living room while the Scripting Son was watching the world-famous ...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I position the cursor in a specific text box each time I start an HTA?-- BM(image) (image) (image)
Hey, BM. You know, if the Scripting Guy who writes this column has any regrets in life it’s that he didn’t become a Theoretical Physicist Guy. Why? Well, among other things, theoretical physicists have ...
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I open a CSV file, locate a value in column 1, then store the value in column 2 in a variable?-- THvdH(image) (image) (image)
Hey, HvdH. We have to be honest with you, it’s a little difficult for the Scripting Guy who writes this column to stay focused on his work today. After all, tomorrow is one of the...