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Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to run a command-line tool from a script, but I need to pass it a long file name like C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop\logfile.txt. No matter how I try to pass that file name, however, my script blows up on me. Help!-- WK, Birmingham, Great Britain Hey, WK. Ah, yes: you’ve encountered the dreaded double do...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Some of the things we do in our logon scripts require the user to be a local administrator. How can the script tell if the user is a local admin or not?-- GM, Denver, CO Hey, GM. The best way to do that is to check the membership of the local Administrator’s group and see if the user is in there. To do that, you need to first...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Whenever I use a message box, the caption reads Windows Script Host. Is there any way to change that caption?-- TT, Reno, NV Hey, TT. To answer your question, no, not if you’re using Wscript.Echo; in that case, you’re stuck with the caption Windows Script Host. However, you can create a custom caption using the VBScript Msgbox...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m writing a script, and I need to know yesterday’s date. I can use Date() to figure out today’s date, but how do I figure out yesterday’s date?-- SS Hey, SS. You’re right; it’s easy to determine today’s date using a script: But what about yesterday’s date? Listen, we’ve got good news for you: it’s just as easy to determine ye...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I tried writing a script to read data from the registry, but I keep getting this error:   Do you have any idea what's wrong? I'm running Windows XP Professional, Service Pack 1, and this is the code I'm using: -- LW, Omaha, NE Hey, LW. The error you are getting (80041010) means that the specified class (in this case, root...