The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Tell If a File Exists on a CD or DVD Drive?

March 7, 2005 Mar 7, 2005 03/7/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether a file exists on any CD or DVD drive connected to a computer?-- GH(image) (image) (image) Hey, GH. Well, one way to do this would be to search the entire file system - including any mapped network drives - and check to see if a file (let’s call it Budget.xls) can be found anywhere. ...

How Can I List the Files in a Folder and All Its Subfolders?

February 18, 2005 Feb 18, 2005 02/18/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all of the files in a folder, as well as all the files in any subfolders of that folder?-- MA(image) (image) (image) Hey, MA. This is a question we get asked quite a bit, and one which have avoided answering up till now. That’s because there is no nice, simple answer to this one: a script that ...

How Can I Tell if a Folder Has Any Files with a Specific File Extension?

January 14, 2005 Jan 14, 2005 01/14/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I verify whether or not any files with a specific file extension exist in a folder?-- GM(image) (image) (image) Hey, GM. This is actually a pretty easy thing to do. All we have to do is write a WMI query that includes the path of the folder we want to check as well as the file extension we’re checking ...

How Can I Rename Files Based on the File’s Creation Date?

December 9, 2004 Dec 9, 2004 12/9/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a folder that contains a bunch of log files. I would like to rename each file based on the date the file was created; for example, if a file was created on December 1, 2004, I’d like to rename it 20041201.log. Is that possible?-- CK(image) (image) (image) Hey, CK. Listen, when it comes to scripting, ...

Can I Use a Script to Rename All the Files in a Folder?

November 9, 2004 Nov 9, 2004 11/9/04

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I use a script to rename all the files in a directory and include a "pl-" prefix plus the original file name?-- JP(image) (image) (image) Hey, JP. It’s interesting how many people need to do something similar: they need to rename all the files in a given folder, either by appending the date, changing the ...

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