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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I cause a script to run inside an HTA any time a user presses ENTER?-- JJ Hey, JJ. Before answering your question we should state, for the record, that the Scripting Guys are unanimously opposed to the recent decision by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) to remove Pluto from the list of planets. (OK, technica...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I append a location to the Path environment variable?-- AC Hey, AC. You know, there’s a TV commercial out in which a guy is watching a baseball game when his wife suddenly decides that the two of them should do something else. Talk about a dilemma: after all, according to the narrator, “In life there’s only room for o...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the first Friday in a month?-- JB Hey, JB. You know, when we first glanced at this question we were hoping it said, “How can I determine if any given day in a month is a Friday?” Why? Well, if that was the case then we had a sure-fire method for you: just walk through the cafeteria in the Scripting Guys bu...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add or subtract two hexadecimal numbers?-- PS Hey, PS. You know, according to the old saying there are two things you should never watch being made: laws and sausages. We’d like to add a third item to that list: Hey, Scripting Guy! columns. We knew you’d say that. But remember, you’re seeing the finished product, a ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine whether or not the Guest account has been disabled on a computer?-- RB Hey, RB. You know, last week at this time the Scripting Guy who writes this column was on vacation, a vacation spent primarily sitting outside in the sun, only occasionally getting up to watch TV. During that we...