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June 2009 - Scripting Blog

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Supply More Than One Value from the Command Line?

June 30, 2009 Jun 30, 2009 06/30/09
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! I do not think I write very complicated scripts, but quite often I find that it would be nice to be able to supply more than one value from the command line. It seems that everything I see written for Windows PowerShell uses the $args variable to get command line input, and I cannot figure out how to make $args accept more...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Run a Script Without Involving Notepad?

June 29, 2009 Jun 29, 2009 06/29/09
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! I love looking at the scripts on the Script Center. I think it is amazing when a person writes you an e-mail stating they have this problem that will take like a zillion years to do manually, and you whip up a script that they can run in just a few seconds and it solves their problem. I am not sure how much you guys make, ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Collect System Restore Information in Windows Vista?

June 3, 2009 Jun 3, 2009 06/3/09
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! I was looking at System Restore on my Windows Vista computer, and I had an idea. Wouldn’t it be great if I could script the collection of information for System Restore? I would like it to tell me how much disk space is being consumed, as well as when it is scheduled to run. I think you should write a script that will ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Enable and Disable Offline Files?

June 2, 2009 Jun 2, 2009 06/2/09
ScriptingGuy1
Hey, Scripting Guy! The script you wrote yesterday to check the status of offline files was pretty cool. However, it does not help me if I want to enable or disable offline files on my computer. Do you have a script to allow me to actually dooooooooo something?- LS Hi LS, Doooooooooo we have a script that actually does something? Of course ...