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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete all the .BAK files in a folder that are more than 7 days old?-- KT Hey, KT. You know, on his way to work this morning the Scripting Guy who writes this column heard an advertisement for a local seafood restaurant. Now, this Scripting Guy doesn’t like seafood, so he normally wouldn’t pay any attention to an ad f...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename a bunch of folders using a script? The old folder names are in the first column of an Excel spreadsheet and the new folder names are in the second column of an Excel spreadsheet.-- SF Hey, SF. Oh, and welcome to Hey, Scripting Guy!, your daily source for scripting information. We’d like you to know that Hey, ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I locate all the folders on a computer that have \Archive\ASN\ somewhere in the path?-- AB Hey, AB. We hope this message finds you well. Perhaps you are surprised to hear from us like this; a mutual friend provided us with your name and assured us that you were a responsible and trustworthy person. Recently we Script...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have an unknown number of files in a folder. I need to rename them using this format: ABC_fx.inv, where x is an incremental number. How can I do that?-- RN Hey, RN. You know, one of the Scripting Guys once had an idea for a very different kind of restaurant. Would you walk into this restaurant, sit down at a table, and then...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I move the oldest file in the folder C:\Upload to C:\Download?-- DD Hey, DD. Funny you should mention the word “oldest.” The Scripting Guy who writes this column recently attended a family reunion and, for the first time ever, came face-to-face with the whole idea of getting old. This Scripting Guy has fond memories o...