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December 2008 - Scripting Blog [archived]

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Create File Names Based on Their Time Stamp?

December 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008 12/31/08
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a file name from the date? I have this application that creates a log file, and every hour I would like to save that log file as a file whose name is generated from the current time stamp. Can this be done?- RH(image) (image) Hi RH, Ever since I read your e-mail message, I have had this old ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Back Up Files That Have Been Modified in the Last Day?

December 30, 2008 Dec 30, 2008 12/30/08
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a USB drive that I use for backup purposes on my computer. Because it appears that Windows Vista does not have a backup program that I can use, I thought it would be useful to write a script using Windows PowerShell to back up the computer. To make things simple, I have all my data in a folder called "data...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Kill Processes?

December 3, 2008 Dec 3, 2008 12/3/08
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! It seems that every single piece of software I install adds a stub application that starts automatically. I know software makers do not do it out of maliciousness, but good grief these people act as if theirs is the most important software on my computer. In the old days, it was pretty easy. I’d go to the ...