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Feb 18, 2005
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How Can I List the Files in a Folder and All Its Subfolders?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I list all of the files in a folder, as well as all the files in any subfolders of that folder?-- MA Hey, MA. This is a question we get asked quite a bit, and one which have avoided answering up till now. That’s because there is no nice, simple answer to this one: a script that can carry out this task is bound to be a...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptstorage
Feb 11, 2005
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How Can I Use a Wildcard Character to Delete Folders?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete folders based on a wildcard character? For example, how can I delete all the folders whose name starts with December?-- RR Hey, RR. Well, that depends. If you’re running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, you can actually use a wildcard character to identify and then delete all the folders whose name starts w...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptstorage
Feb 1, 2005
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How Can I Change the Working Folder of a Script?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! My script needs to have the same working folder as the application that the script starts. How can I change the working folder of a script?-- JM Hey, JM. You can change the current (or working) folder of a script simply by setting the value of the Wscript Shell object’s CurrentDirectory property. (Note. The CurrentDirectory p...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptstorage
Jan 24, 2005
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How Can I Determine the Next Available Drive Letter on a Computer?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the next available drive letter on a computer?-- TW Hey, TW. Interesting question, and one that crops up from time-to-time. In the old days, when users only had drives A, B, and C, this was easy; you could pretty much guess that any drive letter other than those three would be available. Nowadays, though, ...

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Jan 14, 2005
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How Can I Tell if a Folder Has Any Files with a Specific File Extension?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I verify whether or not any files with a specific file extension exist in a folder?-- GM Hey, GM. This is actually a pretty easy thing to do. All we have to do is write a WMI query that includes the path of the folder we want to check as well as the file extension we’re checking for. For example, this script retrieves...

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