My scripting husband travels a great deal with his job, and he takes these really cool pictures. Unfortunately, he is somewhat lazy about downloading the pictures from the camera. As a result, we have pictures from Hawaii that are named Phoenix_Desert_05.jpg. Obviously, I know the difference between a desert and a beach, but it is…
Year: 2009
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Rename All Files in a Folder?
I want to use SharePoint for our company’s script library, but it will not allow us to upload a VBScript file. It accepts PS1 files just fine, but we still have quite a few VBScripts and we need to keep a central repository of them. We have decided to rename them from .vbs files to…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Tell How Much Free Disk Space a User Has?
I know most people have heard of Moore’s Law that is named after Gordon Moore, but have you ever heard of Bob’s law? Bob was the senior network administrator when I first became an IT pro, and he created what he called Bob’s Law. Briefly stated it says this: “A user’s demand for storage space…
Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (01/30/09)
How Do I Compress Files? Hey, Scripting Guy! After some time without needing help, I’ve run into a problem about which I have been unable to discover any information. Perhaps you can aid me. Assume you have (1) a single file, and (2) a folder that contains a number of files of various types….
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Display My Office Outlook Appointments Without Starting Office Outlook?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I live and I die by my Office Outlook calendar. But Office Outlook sometimes seems to be rather slow when I am logging on first thing in the morning. When I have to boot up my laptop, log on to the network, start Office Outlook, and wait for five minutes just to…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Notify Users of the Space Their Deleted Items Folder Is Using?
Hey, Scripting Guy! My users seem to think that once they delete an e-mail message, it is gone. Most do not have the concept of going and emptying their Deleted Items folder. Using Windows PowerShell on Exchange, I can easily obtain a report from the server about how much space this stuff is taking up….
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Determine How Many Office Outlook E-Mail Messages I Sent in a Week?
Hey, Scripting Guy! The Pointy Headed Boss (PHB) just got back from some kind of stupid management summit, and he has decided he needs to track our work activities more closely. As a result, we now have to give him a weekly progress report. Seems to me that, if he would pay attention, he would…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Do I Use Windows PowerShell to Work with Junk E-Mail in Office Outlook?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I need to find out how many e-mail messages are in my Junk folder. I found a script that does this with VBScript, but I need to be able to do it in Windows PowerShell. I do not want to delete the junk e-mail, because there are times when it is not…
Hey, Scripting Guy! Quick-Hits Friday: The Scripting Guys Respond to a Bunch of Questions (01/23/09)
How Can I Return File Names of Files Created in Less Than an Hour from the Current Time? Hey, Scripting Guy! I am attempting to write a script that looks at the creation dates of all files in a certain directory. If the files were created less than an hour from the current time,…
Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Stop an Unwanted Process?
Hey, Scripting Guy! I need some help. There is a stupid process that launches every time I turn on my computer. I cannot find where it is starting from. I have looked in all the usual places, but I can’t find it. This process was installed when I installed some software that I use only…