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How Can I Determine Which Version of Internet Explorer is Installed on a Computer?

March 9, 2005 Mar 9, 2005 03/9/05
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine which version of Internet Explorer is installed on a computer?-- MG(image) (image) (image) Hey, MG. Probably the best (and definitely the easiest) way to do this is to use WMI; after all, using WMI makes it as easy to get this information from remote computers as it is to get it from the ...

How Can I Return a List of Downloaded Controls and Applets for Internet Explorer?

December 20, 2004 Dec 20, 2004 12/20/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there an easy way to find out what programs have been downloaded for Internet Explorer (the items that are in the folder C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files)? I can use a script to get the executable file names and dependent files, but I’d like to be able to get the names as they are shown in the folder ...

How Can I Grab a URL From the Clipboard and Then Open That Web Site in a Browser?

December 15, 2004 Dec 15, 2004 12/15/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I grab a URL from the clipboard and then open that Web site in a browser?-- CL(image) (image) (image) Hey, CL. Interesting question, or, should we say, questions. That’s because there’s really two issues here. The first one is easy: can I use a script to open a specified Web site? As you probably ...

How Can I Change the Internet Explorer Home Page?

November 8, 2004 Nov 8, 2004 11/8/04
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I change the Internet Explorer home page by using a script?-- AH(image) (image) (image) Hey, AH. It’s Monday morning, and after a hard weekend of sitting around watching football, we decided to take it easy this morning. Yes, you can change the Internet Explorer home page by using a script; all you have to...