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Hey, Scripting Guy! Given the drive letter, how can I determine the drive label?-- PM Hey, PM. You know, after sitting around all winter, checking his watch every 15 minutes or so just to verify the date and time, the Scripting Guy who writes this column is pleased to announce that baseball season is officially here. Once more he can enjoy the G...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I write output to the screen that overwrites whatever is currently on the screen?-- KM Hey, KM. If you specifically need to write your output to the command window, well, then we don’t have an answer for you: although we played around with a few things, we never found an easy, straightforward way to overwrite informat...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I set Scriptomatic so that it automatically outputs to a text file?-- GD Hey, GD. Well, all you have to do is - wait a second: you want to make changes to the Scriptomatic? Oh, GD: say it isn’t so. Would you paint a hat on the Mona Lisa? Would you give the Venus de Milo a tattoo? Would you completely redo Frank Gehry’...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I encode scripts within an HTA?-- LL Hey, LL. You know, when we first read this question we thought, “What’s the big deal? Can’t you encode scripts in an HTML Application (HTA) the same way you encode scripts in an HTML file?” Much to our surprise, it appears as though you can’t encode scripts in an HTA; each time we ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I recently downloaded your Script Center screensaver, and it works great as long as someone is logged on to the computer. However, when no one is logged on the computer uses a different screensaver. How can I get the computer to use the Script Center screensaver when no one is logged on?-- RF Hey, RF. You know, it occurred to...