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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I tell if ActiveX is enabled in Internet Explorer?-- JV Hey, JV. You just had to ask this question, didn’t you? Actually, this isn’t a particularly hard question to answer, it’s just a little complicated. But that has to do more with the way Internet Explorer is configured than it does with writing a script to retriev...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the amount of disk space set aside for Internet Explorer’s temporary files folder?-- AD Hey, AD. The first draft of this column we were able to bang out in no time; after all, it consisted entirely of this: Beats us. But after discussing how valuable an answer like that would be to our customers, and after re...

Hey, Scripting Guy! At work we need to use a proxy server to connect to the Internet; when I take my laptop home to work, however, I don’t need to use a proxy server. I know I can use the Internet Options in Control Panel to change between using a proxy server and not using a proxy server; is there any way to switch between the two using a script...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I make sure that Internet Explorer 6 checks for a new version on each visit to a Web page?-- MD Hey, MD. In baseball lingo we’d call this a can of corn: a lazy fly ball we couldn’t possibly drop. This is a tricky little question but for some strange reason we just happened to know the answer. Thus a can of corn. ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there an easy way to find out what programs have been downloaded for Internet Explorer (the items that are in the folder C:\Windows\Downloaded Program Files)? I can use a script to get the executable file names and dependent files, but I’d like to be able to get the names as they are shown in the folder itself.-- AC Hey, A...