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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I load list box options from a text file?-- MV Hey, MV. You would have to mention “options,” wouldn’t you? When the Scripting Guy who writes this column first joined Microsoft some five years ago, he assumed that he’d work for two or three years, cash in all his stock options, and then spend the rest of his life lazin...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the empty folders (that is, folders with a size of 0 bytes) on a specified drive?-- DD Hey, DD. You know, physicist Edwin Schrodinger once proposed a thought experiment in which a cat is placed in a sealed box, along with a canister of poison gas. The experiment is designed in such a way that there is exact...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine whether or not my local users are required to have a password?-- GT Hey, GT. You know, rather than beat around the bush we decided to come right out and admit it: yes, the rumors that have been circulating around the Internet are true. One of the Scripting Guys, his brothers, his son, and various Scripting...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a compressed folder and add files to it?-- SL Hey, SL. You know, one thing that the Scripting Guys have learned over the years is that when people ask a question they often expect to get an answer to a different question. The classic example, of course, is when the Scripting Spouse says, “Do these jeans make ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I test a dynamic array to see if the array is empty?-- SH Hey, SH. Today’s column is dated Wednesday, July 5th. If there really is a column today that means that, unlike last year, the neighbors and their errant fireworks didn’t set fire to the Scripting House. If there isn’t a new column today, well, to paraphrase Br...