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Hey, Scripting Guy! My manager does not like appointment reminders; therefore every meeting request she sends is without reminders.  I like reminders and I try to remember to turn them on, but sometimes I forget; that means that if I'm not on top of my schedule, I can miss a meeting. How can I write a script that will go through all my m...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to determine – and mark – the first occurrence of a number in an Office Excel worksheet. However, I can’t figure out how to go about doing this. Can you help?-- BH Hey, BH. Before we launch into today’s column we have an announcement to make: the Scripting Guys surrender. You have beate...

Hey, Scripting Guy! Here’s what I would like to do. I would like to put a script in the SendTo folder that would enable a user to easily change the file extension for a file. (Typically our users hide the file extensions, which makes it difficult for them to change those extensions when they need to.) However, I haven’t been able to fi...

Hey, Scripting Guy! I’m trying to use regular expressions to extract three-digit numbers that are enclosed by pipe characters; they embedded in string values like this: |159|468|572|843|. However, I can’t figure out the syntax that will get this to work. Can you help me?-- RS Hey, RS. Before we answer this question we should note that...

Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I use a disconnected recordset in Windows PowerShell? I’m able to create the recordset without any problem, but I can’t figure out how to reference the fields and values in that recordset.-- JVDL Hey, JVDL. Well, we must say, we’re impressed by how cool, calm, and collected you are. After all, today is the opening day...