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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete all the messages in my Sent Items folder?-- OG Hey, OG. You know, throughout his entire life the Scripting Guy who writes this column has been told that “the only dumb question is the question that goes unasked.” Now, to be perfectly honest, he doesn’t really believe this. For example, when ...

Hey, Scripting Guy! In an Office Excel spreadsheet, how can I change the color of the text if the value in column B minus the value in column A is greater than or equal to 10?-- EP Hey, EP. You know, before the Scripting Guy who writes this column started writing this column, he vowed that Hey, Scripting Guy! would have a laser-like focus on hel...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I determine the default buffer size for the command window?-- GO Hey, GO. You know, some of you might be wondering, “Why a daily scripting column? Why not, say, a daily scripting TV show?” That’s a good question, and there are a number of reasons for that. For one thing, there’s the fact that e...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I delete all the .csg files on drive C of a computer?-- DL Hey, DL. You know, it’s funny how quickly things can change. Just a few hours ago the Scripting Guy who writes this column was in such a bad mood that he had no intention of explaining to you (or anyone else for that matter) how they could delete all the...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I get a list of all the subfolders in a folder and then put that list into an array?-- PW Hey, PW. We know how anxious you’ve all been, waiting to hear whether the Scripting Guys were successfully moved from Building 43 to Building 42 (yes, directly across from their old building). Well, about the best we can sa...