scripting

Can someone recommend a scripting tool that would allow repetitive tasks to be automated. For instance, everyday I run Malwarebytes manually and I update and run SUPERAntiSpyware twice a week. I would like to make a script file that would perform these tasks automatically. I have in mind a...

Greetings :-) I am new here and new to W7. I have recently moved from XP to W7. The installing of W7 was impressively slick and self-sufficient. I thought it was going to be bliss. Then I actually started to use it. I was shocked to find that the folders behave completely differently than in...

Hi I would like to knowthe commands to move easily between the linesof PowerShell console 2.0 and 3.0? If I'm writing a command on several lines and I want to correct a mistake that I made in a previous line, how do I do this? What is the command to go back to the prompt without running the...

Ok, so I basically want to change the font size (DPI) without logging off. Reason is: I want to script this so that I can change font size to 100%, launch and play Amnesia: The Dark Descent, then change font size back to 150%. So my question is can it be done easily? And if not easily, what...

I'm trying to find something where I can set it so that when I press a button on my keyboard it will "move mouse there" "shift click" "type E" and general mouse movements/clicks and keyboard strokes.

Until now, the VB and C# compilers have been used as black boxes. You put text in, and you get out a binary file. In our long-lead project, codename "Roslyn," we are changing that dynamic by building an API that exposes our compilers' analysis engines. In this session, we'll go in-depth in...

Hi, I'm trying to run "netsh mbn show interfaces" from a .bat or .jar file on a Windows 7 64bit system but every time I run my file, it results in "The following command was not found mbn show interfaces". When I run that same command in a cmd.exe prompt, the result is correct and as...

when trying to run the power shell ise is tell me its missing why isnt included it win8

Hello, I have an application which a pc in the newtork runs a VBS script to another pc and executes some actions. It works fine in physical/Virtual machines of Windows XP and Physical machines of WIN7 but the script is not executing in Virtual Machines with WIN7. Do you have any idea what is...

hello everyone. i have tried to print from ms windows explorer 9 and get an error or scripting line 2107- res://ieframe.dll/preview.js- invalid argumennt and can not print any page, in other browsers can print a website but in IE9 not, i have tried many guides on the net regsitereing...

hello there! i am new here so please be kind! i have a little problem with my panasonic cf-18 digitizer. i am running on win7 ultimate. when i close my lid, it seems like an installed pcmcia card is causing interfernces which win7 interpretes as a digitizer input. the pen cursor is flickering...

I have the following FTP code which works perfectly on my one PC at the office. I have just been given a new PC and when running the macro run time error 440 "unable to wait for process" The following code is highlighted wsh.Run FTPcommand, 5, True I am using Office 2010 and...

Hi, I've a problem with a software that create some files, those Child objects do not inherit permissions from their parent as expected. To solve this issue I have to manually edit the parent permission and give to his childs the same permissions of the folder itself. The checkbox solud be...

If you're into modifying system files etc. you'll soon get fed up of logging out/in or using Task Manager to stop and re-start Explorer.exe all the time. Even if Explorer has died and you can r-click the desktop this will save you logging out/in or launching Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete)...

I have written a batch file (e.g.aaa.bat) which can take several paramters and runs fine as long as I enter the start command at the command prompt e.g aaaa.bat -start -log In order to avoid always having to enter manually this command I created a shortcut to this batch file and placed it...

I have a simple script that will copy the path of a file to the clipboard, when the file is dropped onto the script. The script works perfectly fine in Windows 7 and a normal XP box. However, in XP Mode the script will not accept the argument. Has anybody run into this, and found a way to...

I've been playing around with some batch files, and was trying to get the cmd to run in fullscreen mode. I used the same technique that i used in windows XP, using the line:"reg add HKCU\Console\ /v Fullscreen /t REG_DWORD /d 1" in a batch file to make the cmd go fullscreen by default. Now my...

I have a batch file that I use to: Create a restore point, then swap out my modified system files. I store the "Sleep.exe" file in the same folder as the batch file. The script goes something like: echo Please wait while a Restore Point is made. sleep 17 Take ownership,Rename Replace, Blah...

hi, i had a suggestion for the website so i hope people can see my idea IDEA 1 i though of having peputation reputation can be given if some one has given good and helpful , i no there is the "like" option if some one likes the post however i thought the idea can be more aimed...

When I start a DOS batch file *.bat procedure then a cmdprompt window opens with the default number of columns and rows. In old WinXP I could pause the batch script and change the number of columns/rows of this terminal/cmdprompt windowa as well as other parameters like font size. AND...