Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all my Internet cookies?-- ZO Hey, ZO. OK, we have to admit it: you tricked the Scripting Guys, and we fell for it, hook, line, and sinker. As soon as we saw your email - and the word “cookies” - there was a mad scramble to see who would get to answer this question. It was only after the dust settled a...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all the files on a user’s desktop?-- BT Hey, BT. So you thought you could fool the Scripting Guys, did you? Well, you did, at least for awhile. As is so often the case with the Scripting Guys we took one look at your question and thought, “Let’s answer this one; this one is easy!” Three tries - and another fals...
Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I auto-delete specific file types from the My Pictures folder? If an error occurs with my fax machine, .drg and .txt files get added to My Pictures. I then have to delete these files before the fax machine will work again.-- WW Hey, WW. You know, this was a case where the Scripting Guys almost outsmarted themselves. (...
Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that opens nine different command windows in order to monitor performance. How can I tile those windows horizontally after they’ve all been opened?-- AM Hey, AM. You know, one of the Scripting Guys might not be much when it comes to scripting, but he is a master of one thing: he has a near-monopoly on totally ...
Hey, Scripting Guy! Instead of having the My Computer icon on the desktop read My Computer, I’d like to replace that with the name of the computer. Can I do that using a script?-- TG Hey, TG. We get asked this question quite a bit; apparently a lot of you find it convenient to have the computer name right on the desktop, making it easier for use...
