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Hey, Scripting Guy! I read your column about the HTA that could load and then display all the files in a folder. That was pretty useful, but I had an idea to make it even better. When looking at a log file I often see portions of the log that I’d like to copy and save to a separate text file. Is there any way to highlight text in an HTA and...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I read a list of computer names from a text file, and then check to see if those computers still exist in Active Directory?-- CL You know, that’s a good question, CL, we – hold on a second. Some of you out there look so sad; why the long faces? After all, the 2008 Winter Scripting Games start in less than two weeks (Feb...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a text file in which each line begins with a number. How can I sort the contents of that file by those numbers?-- KT Hey, KT. Tell you what: we’ll go ahead and answer your question. However, in return, you have to promise to forget everything we tell you. (Which is usually not a problem for most people.) What do y...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a script that reads through a text file and then checks a folder to see if all the subfolder names listed in that text file actually exist. (For example, if the parent folder is C:\Scripts the script might check to see if a folder named Test Folder – that is, C:\Scripts\Test Folder – actually exists.) This part of the s...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Using Windows PowerShell, how can I replace all the asterisks in a text file with some other character?-- RC Hey, RC. You know, a lot of people ask the Scripting Guy who writes this column, “How do you do it? How do you manage to write a new column each and every day?” (Of course, lots of other people ask him why h...