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April 26, 2013Apr 26, 201304/26/13Summary: Microsoft PFE, Chris Wu, talks about using Windows PowerShell to work with the Windows Desktop through the Windows Explorer interface.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Today I have the privilege of welcoming back Chris Wu. Chris is a Microsoft premier field engineer (PFE) in Canada.
June 9, 2012Jun 9, 201206/9/12Summary: Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to change the caption of the computer icon to local computer name.
Changing desktop icon captions
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. The Charlotte Windows PowerShell User Group this past Thursday was a lot of fun.
February 25, 2012Feb 25, 201202/25/12Summary: Microsoft PFE, Chris Wu, discusses using Windows PowerShell to configure Jump Lists.
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Welcome to the weekend. Today we have a special treat in the form of a guest blogger. The Scripting Wife and I had the good fortune to meet Chris Wu in Montreal,
June 27, 2011Jun 27, 201106/27/11Summary: The Microsoft Scripting Guys talk about turning three scripts into a single module to configure basic desktop tasks.
Microsoft Scripting Guy Ed Wilson here. I have spent the last several days building a new computer. The following photo shows me working on my new computer.
February 27, 2011Feb 27, 201102/27/11Summary: Learn how to use Windows PowerShell to add commands to the Windows Explorer command bar in Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
Weekend Scripter
Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, here. Did you ever have one of those times when a seemingly simple project suddenly morphed into a monster project?
January 6, 2009Jan 6, 200901/6/09Hey, Scripting Guy! Why does it feel like every single default setting in Microsoft Windows is wrong? It is so frustrating to me to spend five minutes changing all the defaults. For example, I open Internet Explorer and there are no system files.
March 24, 2006Mar 24, 200603/24/06Hey, Scripting Guy! Sometimes I type commands in the Run dialog box that I’d like to retrieve later on. I know the most recent commands I used are cached somewhere; that’s because they show up when I start typing in the Run dialog box.
March 17, 2006Mar 17, 200603/17/06Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I start Windows Explorer opened to a specific folder?— CD
Hey, CD. We’re going to let you in on one of the Scripting Guys’ most sordid secrets: sometimes the Scripting Guys don’t agree with each other.
August 12, 2005Aug 12, 200508/12/05Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I change the icon for an existing shortcut?— DF
Hey, DF. You know, the Scripting Guys (some of them, at least) are old enough to remember a time when you would never even think about changing an icon;
January 19, 2005Jan 19, 200501/19/05Hey, Scripting Guy! Instead of having the My Computer icon on the desktop read My Computer, I’d like to replace that with the name of the computer. Can I do that using a script?— TG
Hey, TG. We get asked this question quite a bit;
