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Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a Windows PowerShell script that starts Excel and loads three comma-separated values files into separate workbooks. What I was wondering is whether there’s a way to have PowerShell tile these workbooks, either vertically or horizontally. I poked through various properties and searched the Web for ideas, but I couldn’t f...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use Windows PowerShell to determine if a specified local user account exists on a computer?-- MM Hey, MM. Have you ever heard the expression “good things come to those who wait”? Well, to tell you the truth, the Scripting Guys have never put much credence in that old saying; after all, the Scripting Guy who writes t...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m having a strange problem with Windows PowerShell, and I was wondering if you could help me solve it. I’m trying to get a list of the unique file extensions used by the files in a folder. I have a whole bunch of different file types in that folder, but every time I run my command it returns just one file extension. What am ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Using Windows PowerShell, how can I search for a string value in all the files in a folder full of text files, then report back the file name and creation date for each file where that string value was found? Oh, and I’d like to have these files sorted by date, too.-- JS Hey, JS. You know, the Scripting Guy who writes this co...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m using Windows PowerShell to determine the record count (i.e., the number of lines) in a text file I just created. If the file has 2 lines, no problem; my script reports back a value of 2. If the file only has 1 line, however, I get back what looks to be the number of characters in the file. In other words, when I run the s...