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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I open a window to a UNC location? You've given many examples that involve opening a web page. I have been unable to get a similar result trying to get a script to open \\server\share.-- CY Hey, CY. You know, during the heyday of the Cold War the U.S. had analysts whose sole duty was to pore over photographs taken in...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I create a shortcut where the target path is an executable file that uses parameters (for example, something.exe -t –s)?-- MC Hey, MC. A week or so ago we mentioned that we were going to make some changes to Hey, Scripting Guy!; in particular, we were going to stop wasting time and start getting straight to the point...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell whether or not QuickTime is installed on a computer, and, if so, which version is installed?-- IU Hey, IU. You know, for some reason this column suddenly seems to have become a daily dancing column rather than a daily scripting column. After all, just yesterday we recapped the Scripting Son’s … dancing … exploi...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the remaining operating system grace period for a computer running Windows Vista?-- LD Hey, LD. You know, a number of years ago the Scripting Guy who writes this column came outside after work only to discover that his car wouldn’t start. At that time he was working as a sports writer, which occasionally m...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to delete some desktop shortcuts; however, I don’t know which folder those shortcuts might be in. For example, they might be in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop or they might be in, say, C:\Documents and Settings\kenmyer\Desktop. How can I delete these shortcuts if I’m not sure where they’re located?-- SB He...