The “Hey, Scripting Guys!” blog has been retired. There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Dec 15, 2004

How Can I Grab a URL From the Clipboard and Then Open That Web Site in a Browser?

ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I grab a URL from the clipboard and then open that Web site in a browser?-- CL Hey, CL. Interesting question, or, should we say, questions. That’s because there’s really two issues here. The first one is easy: can I use a script to open a specified Web site? As you probably know, the answer to that one is a ...

Nov 8, 2004

How Can I Change the Internet Explorer Home Page?

ScriptingGuy1

Hey, Scripting Guy! Can I change the Internet Explorer home page by using a script?-- AH Hey, AH. It’s Monday morning, and after a hard weekend of sitting around watching football, we decided to take it easy this morning. Yes, you can change the Internet Explorer home page by using a script; all you have to do is write a WMI script that ...