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January 15, 2009  4:14 PM

Windows Batch File to Backup Internet Explorer Favorites



Posted by: Dave Raffo
Add new tag, Batch, Favorites, Group Policy, Internet Explorer, Windows

Here is a quick batch file I wrote to copy Microsoft Internet Explorer Favorites to another location. Fill in the BACKUPPATH variable and stick it in a Group Policy logon (or logoff) script to make sure that users have a backup of the bookmarks.

[code] @echo off rem...

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January 9, 2009  3:59 PM

VBScript to Delete Files in a Directory Older Than X Days



Posted by: Dave Raffo

I recently needed to whip up a quick script to delete all files in a directory that were older than X number of days. Hopefully it is something that you can use, too. Copy the code and paste it into a text file named something like "cleanup-folder.vbs" and set the variables for strDir (the...

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January 8, 2009  7:01 PM

My First Few Days with VMware ThinApp and Office 2007



Posted by: Dave Raffo

Recently, I was tasked with an Office 2007 rollout for a client. The client’s workstations currently had a mix of Office 2003 and Office XP installed and a mix of Vista, XP and Server 2008 operating systems. Also, some users wanted to keep their old versions of Office, so I was going to have...

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