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Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m using an HTA as a drive-mapping application. I’d like to be clever about this and have the available drive letters appear in a list box. How can I dynamically show all the drive letters available on a computer?-- JT Hey, JT. You know, just the other day the Scripting Guy who writes this column was lamenting a truly lost w...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I find all the files in a directory tree that contain a specified phrase?-- PB Hey, PB. OK, so picture this: for the first time in a couple of months, the Scripting Guy who writes this column and the Scripting Son are playing basketball. The Scripting Son has a comfortable lead, but the Scripting Guy who writes this ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to check the size of a folder once every hour; if the folder has exceeded a specified size, I then need to delete the oldest file in that folder. How can I do that?-- JC Hey, JC. You know, a lot of you are thinking, “Gee, I wonder what was the very best, very coolest thing that the Scripting Guy who writes that column...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In a logon script, how can I report back disk quota information (like amount of space used and amount of space remaining) for the logged-on user?-- HY Hey, HY. You know, today is shaping up as another tough day for the Scripting Guy who writes this column. For example, even as we speak he’s busy sipping a cappuccino in a sid...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I copy the folder structure of a folder (that is, a folder and all its subfolders) without copying the files as well?-- AS Hey, AS. If you’re one of the many people who simply can’t get through the day without knowing what the Scripting Guy who writes this column is up to as he traipses through Italy, well, here’s th...