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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I dynamically add controls to an HTA?-- TR Hey, TR. Dum-de-dum-dum. Dum-de-dum-de - oh, wait : you were talking to us, weren’t you? Sorry; we saw the word “dynamically” and figured this question must have been addressed to someone else. When people hear the words Scripting Guys they think of all sorts of things, but “...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure the system failure options on a Windows Server 2003 computer? I’d like to configure the machine to do a small memory dump, and disable both the sending of an administrative alert and the automatic reboot.-- JS Hey, JS. You know, the Scripting Guys happen to all be in a good mood today, so we’re going to go...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find the process ID associated with a batch file?-- MB Hey, MB. You know, the Scripting Guys are firm believers in recycling. Why throw that printout away when it can be recycled into newsprint? Why throw that aluminum can away when it can be melted down and reused? Why throw away that Hey, Scripting Guy! column whe...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search a Word document for all the words in double brackets? For example, I need to find words like this: [[failed]]. I then need to save the words I find to a text file.-- PP Hey, PP. You know, one thing that seems to be true of the Scripting Guys is a willingness to do something even when they have no idea what it...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I extract just the file name from the full path to the file?-- SD Hey, SD. As you might know, Ted Williams was the last major league baseball player to bat .400 for an entire season. Coming into the final day of the year, Williams was actually hitting something like .3997 which, when rounded up, would give him an offi...