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 There are many useful posts in this blog, so we keep the blog here for historical reference. However, some information might be very outdated and many of the links might not work anymore.

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Scripting Blog [archived]

Formerly known as the "Hey, Scripting Guy!" blog

How Can I Rename Files Like _JKG1234.jpg to 272_DSC_1234.jpg?

November 28, 2005 Nov 28, 2005 11/28/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I rename files like _JKG1234.jpg to 272_DSC_1234.jpg?-- NA(image) (image) (image) Hey, NA. You know, NA, we feel sorry for you. Why? Well, on the one hand you’re unbelievably lucky. After all, the Scripting Guys never write scripts that they actually use, yet you somehow managed to hit upon an ...

How Can I Receive Notification Any Time Something is Printed to a Particular Printer?

November 10, 2005 Nov 10, 2005 11/10/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I receive notification any time something is printed to a particular printer?-- IL(image) (image) (image) Hey, IL. You know, one of the Scripting Guys once had a summer job in an organization where the only decent printer in the entire building was kept in the administrative assistant’s office. We can ...

How Can I Monitor the Activity Level of a Process?

September 22, 2005 Sep 22, 2005 09/22/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I monitor the activity of a process to see if anyone is using it?-- AJ(image) (image) (image) Hey, AJ. You know, this is one time when writing the script is actually the easy part of the answer. Although there are a couple different ways to do this, we opted to periodically check the cumulative amount of...

How Can I Unhide All the Files in a Folder?

August 23, 2005 Aug 23, 2005 08/23/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I run a script to unhide all the files in a folder?-- GA(image) (image) (image) Hey, GA. You know, when one of the Scripting Guys was a bit younger he and the other kids in his neighborhood spent countless hours playing variations on hide-and-seek; in fact, this Scripting Guy still has vivid memories of ...

How Can I Determine if a WMI Property is Writeable?

July 28, 2005 Jul 28, 2005 07/28/05

ScriptingGuy1

(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! We have an application that installs a WMI class named UIDLightInfo. That class includes a property named UIDLightState. How can I tell whether or not I can change the value of this property?-- JC(image) (image) (image) Hey, JC. You know, we once reviewed a scripting course where the authors continually dealt ...

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