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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.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 Determine the Size of the My Documents Folder?

March 31, 2005 Mar 31, 2005 03/31/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the size of the My Documents folder?-- SC(image) (image) (image) Hey, SC. The My Document folder is actually just another folder on the hard disk, one with a path similar to this: C:\Documents and Settings\kenmyer\My Documents. Of course, the actual path will vary depending on the name of the...

How Can I Create a Folder on the Start Menu?

March 2, 2005 Mar 2, 2005 03/2/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a folder on the Start menu? I want the folder to be named the same as the %username% environment variable.-- SB(image) (image) (image) Hey, SB. As we are wont to do, we’re going to break this question down into subtasks. We’ll explain how to do each of these subtasks, then at the end put the...

How Can I Determine if a Users’ Folder Exists on a Computer?

February 28, 2005 Feb 28, 2005 02/28/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine if the C:\Documents and Settings\%username%\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates folder exists on a computer?-- JM(image) (image) (image) Hey, JM. The FileSystemObject includes a FolderExists method that makes it very easy to check for the existence of a folder. Just pass FolderExists the ...

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 Use a Wildcard Character to Delete Folders?

February 11, 2005 Feb 11, 2005 02/11/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete folders based on a wildcard character? For example, how can I delete all the folders whose name starts with December?-- RR(image) (image) (image) Hey, RR. Well, that depends. If you’re running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, you can actually use a wildcard character to identify and then ...

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