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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search a Microsoft Word document for all occurrences of the string <computername> and replace those occurrences with the actual name of a computer (e.g., atl-ws-01)?-- WC Hey, WC. And by the way, thanks for your question. Microsoft employees will be getting their yearly performance reviews back sometime in the...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether or not the phrase 226 transfer complete occurs at least twice in a text file?-- JR Hey, JR. You know, this was a tough one for us to answer; that’s because the Scripting Guys are always content with just one of everything. Take the Scripting Guy who writes this column, for example. He has one son; he wr...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine whether a domain is in mixed mode or native mode?-- WW Hey, WW. When you listen to a Seattle Mariners game on the radio one of the regular features is “Stump the Broadcasters.” The premise to Stump the Broadcasters is that listeners send in a baseball question to be asked of the Mariners broadcasters. If y...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I access a specified mail folder in my Outlook Mailbox, a folder that isn’t a subfolder of my Inbox?-- RT Hey, RT. As you recall, in our last exciting episode – what do you mean you don’t recall any exciting episodes when it comes to this column? Come on: this is Hey, Scripting Guy!, the Kingda Ka of the Scripting Wor...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the senders’ email addresses in an Outlook folder?-- CW Hey, CW. You know, you must get email from a whole different set of people than we Scripting Guys do. For example, in looking through the Scripting Guys Inboxes it appears as though all our mail comes from the following sources: • Service ...