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Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a bunch of text files, one for each of our employees. Included in these text files are phone numbers: work phone, home phone, cell phone, etc. How can I write a script that searches for and extracts the phone numbers from these text files?-- MN Hey, MN. You know, many years ago the Scripting Guy who writes this column ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that will force all the users in an OU to change their password the next time they log on?-- TH Hey, TH. You know, you picked a bad day to ask a question; the Scripting Guy who writes this column is in an even worse mood than usual (difficult as that might be to believe). A few weeks ago the Scripting...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I regularly update a file that needs to be copied to all of my servers. How can I write a script that will copy the same file (to the same folder) on multiple computers?-- JU Hey, JU. It’s Monday, May 14th as we write this column, which mean that Mother’s Day in the US is over. And that’s good. Not that the Scripting Guys hav...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I dynamically hide and show a control in an HTA?-- R L-K Hey, R L-K. To tell you the truth, we’re a little distracted today. Admittedly, we’re a little distracted pretty much every day. However, today is different: today the Scripting Guy who writes this column in sitting on a powder keg that threatens to destroy the ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’d like to create an HTA that, upon loading, can open a text file and then display the contents. However, I’d like a particular keyword in those contents to be highlighted. How can I do that?-- GD Hey, GD. You know, a lot of people at Microsoft pooh-pooh the work that the Scripting Guys do. “Take that Hey, Scripting Guy! col...