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How Can I Save All My Contacts as VCards?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I save all my contacts as VCards?-- ET (image) (image) (image) Hey, ET. You know, we have to tell you the truth: after nearly 800 Hey, Scripting Guy! articles the Scripting Guy who writes this column is beginning to get a little burnt-out. Fortunately, the Scripting Editor has often volunteered to do the...

How Can I Randomly Select an Email From an Outlook Mail Folder?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I randomly select an email from an Outlook mail folder?-- TV (image) (image) (image) Hey, TV. You know, for a brief moment last night the Scripting Guy who writes this column thought he had achieved every father’s dream. The Scripting Dad and the Scripting Son went to the gym to play basketball, and ...

How Can I List All the Meetings Scheduled By a Specified Person?

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the upcoming meetings that have been scheduled by a specific person (namely, my manager)?-- GH(image) (image) (image) Hey, GH. Before we tackle this question we’d like to reassure anyone who looked out their window recently and saw pigs flying; that’s to be expected. Likewise, any...