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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I append a blank line to a text file, then append the current date and time?-- PL Hey, PL. You know, back in the 1600s people were inordinately worried about witches and witchcraft. Fortunately, though, they developed a sure-fire test to determine whether or not someone was a witch: the accused was weighted down with ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I start a process and then wait until that process quits before terminating the script?-- FG Hey, FG. Before we answer your question, the Scripting Guy who writes this column has a confession to make: he’s the one who ruined Christmas for everyone. Not that he meant to, mind you, but that doesn’t matter; all that matter...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In a logon script, which attribute do I use to determine the OU that the local computer belongs to?-- JP Hey, JP. Most people are familiar with Cupid, the Roman god of love. In fact, you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who doesn’t know that Cupid carries with him a quiver of gold-tipped arrows. Get struck by one of Cupid’s arr...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I expand the width of the Windows PowerShell console? When I display certain kinds of data – like information from the event logs – that data gets cut off because the console window isn’t wide enough.-- TB Hey, TB. Wow, what a coincidence: we were just about to ask you that very same question! Now what do we do? No, jus...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In an HTA, how can I read the individual lines in a multi-line text box?-- KM Hey, KM. You know, to be perfectly honest the Scripting Guy who writes this column has always had a grudging admiration for people who do totally ridiculous things and yet somehow manage to get away with them. For example, in the past couple weeks a l...