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How Can I Change the Caption for the My Computer Icon?

January 19, 2005 Jan 19, 2005 01/19/05
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Instead of having the My Computer icon on the desktop read My Computer, I’d like to replace that with the name of the computer. Can I do that using a script?-- TG(image) (image) (image) Hey, TG. We get asked this question quite a bit; apparently a lot of you find it convenient to have the computer name right ...

How Can I Determine the Executable File Corresponding to a Shortcut?

December 8, 2004 Dec 8, 2004 12/8/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the executable file name corresponding to a .lnk shortcut file?-- AM(image) (image) (image) Hey, DE. We’re glad you asked this question; unlike some questions we get (like, “How do I use a script to disable File and Print Sharing on my Windows 2000 computers?”), this happens to be one ...