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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I search for folders that have a dot in their name? For example, a folder like Administrator.name or Folder.old?-- DU Hey, DU. You know, if your intention was to trick the Scripting Guys (not that tricking the Scripting Guys would be anything to brag about), well, you almost succeeded. That’s because, upon first readi...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change all the lowercase letters in an Excel worksheet to uppercase letters?-- BC Hey, BC. Have you ever heard the old expression, “If you want something done you have to do it yourself”? Well, to tell you the truth, we Scripting Guys had heard of that old expression, but we never paid much attention to it. Do somet...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script for installing a printer that I give to my end users. When the script finishes, I’d like it to be able to delete itself. How can I get a script to delete itself?-- EA Hey, EA. You know, that’s an interesting idea: disposable scripts, just like disposable razors or disposable cameras. Actually, they’re better t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename a user account in a Windows NT 4.0 domain?-- JK Hey, JK. You know, as this column is being written it’s a Monday here in Seattle, and it’s raining. And yes, we know what you’re thinking: when isn’t it raining in Seattle? Unfortunately, though, our weather is much crueler than that. After all, if it rained all t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the .dll files in a folder, along with their version numbers?-- DD Hey, DD. You know, when we sit down to write this column we usually try to start off with an amusing and at least semi-relevant anecdote. In this case, that would mean a cute story about file versions. Unfortunately, none of the Scr...