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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write a script that retrieves free/busy time from Outlook?-- JH Hey, JH. As we noted yesterday, the Scripting Guys are back from a whirlwind trip to Orlando, where we flew into town, delivered a pair of instructor-led labs (Windows PowerShell for VBScripters) and then – wanting to take advantage of all the many tour...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I would like to export all my contacts as .MSG files. Is that possible?-- FG Hey, FG. You know, the other day the Scripting Guy who writes this column was watching his … beloved … Seattle Mariners play the Angels. (The Scripting Guy who writes this column enjoys watching the Mariners, because they’re the only ones having a wo...

Hey, Scripting Guy! You’ve had several articles that show how it’s possible to find specific email messages in Outlook; for example, you’ve shown us how to find all the emails sent by a particular person. What I was wondering is this: after you find these emails, is it possible to have the script move the messages to a different folder?-- FD Hey...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I schedule a meeting to occur every day, Monday through Friday, for two weeks?-- GB Hey, GB. As it turns out, the Scripting Guy who writes this column has not moved to some place where it doesn’t snow in April. That’s not because the Seattle area didn’t get the predicted snow this past weekend; on the contrary, it did...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to write a script that does something with all the email messages in my Outlook Inbox. However, I need to sort those messages by the date they were received, and I can’t figure out how to do that. Can you help?-- SL Hey, SL. You know, no doubt a lot of you who read this column have thought, “The Scripting Guy who w...