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  Hey, Scripting Guy! Is there a way to export the information found in the Shared Folders portion of the Computer Management snap-in (in particular, the list of sessions and the list of open files)?-- PP Hey, PP. Funny you should ask; this very issue came up the other day, and while we assumed that there was a way to get at this information...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a hyperlink to a Word document?-- BA Hey, BA. Interesting question; in thinking about common tasks for scripting Microsoft Office applications we never even considered adding a hyperlink to a document. (Needless to say, that’s why we rely on people like you to let us know about the tasks people really want to sc...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I add a Web site to the Trusted Sites zone in Internet Explorer?-- NR Hey, NR. As it turns out, trusted sites are actually stored in the registry; consequently, adding a Web site is simply a matter of creating and configuring a new registry key. For example, suppose you want to trust Microsoft.com. (And, really, who d...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete folders based on a wildcard character? For example, how can I delete all the folders whose name starts with December?-- RR Hey, RR. Well, that depends. If you’re running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, you can actually use a wildcard character to identify and then delete all the folders whose name starts w...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine whether or not the Guest account is enabled on a computer and, if it is, disable it?-- PR Hey, PR. At last: a question for which there is a very simple, very straightforward answer. This isn’t to minimize the importance of the task: in general, it’s highly recommended that you disable the Guest account on ...