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Jun 6, 2006
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How Can I Return the URLs Associated with My Internet Explorer Favorites?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I return the URLs associated with my Internet Explorer Favorites?-- DW Hey, DW. It’s time for annual performance reviews here at Microsoft, which means we Scripting Guys are supposed to be looking back and detailing all the many things we’ve done in the past year. Unfortunately, instead of finding things we did do it’...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptdesktop management
May 2, 2006
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How Can I Use a Script to Automatically Queue Up Files That I Want to Burn to a CD?

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ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! In Windows XP, how can I use a script to automatically queue up files that I want to burn to a CD?-- BD Hey, BD. Well, unfortunately, we have some bad news for you: there’s currently no way to burn a CD using a script. You see, the problem is that - oh, wait a second: you just want to queue up the files that will be burned to...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptoperating system
Apr 26, 2006
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How Can I Get a List of All My Internet Cookies?

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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...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptdesktop management
Apr 10, 2006
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How Can I List All the Files on a User’s Desktop?

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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...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptstorage
Jan 26, 2006
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How Can I Auto-Delete Specific File Types from the My Pictures Folder?

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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. (...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptmultimedia