Set fs = WScript.CreateObject ("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Sub ShowSubFolders(Folder)
	For Each Subfolder In Folder.SubFolders
		Set files = SubFolder.Files
		For Each file In files
			WScript.Echo file.Name, file.Size
		Next
		ShowSubFolders Subfolder
	Next
End Sub

ShowSubFolders fs.GetFolder("C:\your\path\here")

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I won’t waste your time repeating what the guy wrote in his blog - you’re welcome to go read it. I just felt that I should help spread a little this elegant implementation of the standard permutation algorithm, fixing a small bug within it in the process.

def permutations li
  if li.length < 2
    yield li
  else
    li.each do |element|
      permutations(li.select() {|n| n != element}) \
        {|val| yield([element].concat << val)}
       end
    end
  end

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It’s ridiculously geeky but.. Well, that’s what I love about Ruby, it’s got pretty much everything!

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Assume in this example that the username is ‘atiensivu’, the domain is ’staff’, and the user profile is located in %systemdrive%\users\atiensivu. %systemdrive% is typically C: on standard Vista installs. Replace every instance ‘atiensivu’ with the username of the corrupt profile.

1. If you can log into the profile, make note of the %USERPROFILE% environment variable value. Most likely it will be ‘C:\Users\atiensivu’ or ‘C:\Users\atiensivu.staff’. Logoff.

2. If you have logged in with the profile at any point since your last reboot or you suspect there are files in use within the profile, reboot. The important part is to make sure there are no open files within the broken profile directory.

3. Login as administrator or another account with local admin rights.

4. Run ‘takeown /r /a /d y /f %systemdrive%\users\atiensivu’.
(Note : before doing step 4, remove things like the IE cache if you can, save yourself some time).
5. From %systemdrive%\users, rename ‘atiensivu’ to ‘atiensivu.old’.

6. Within %systemdrive%\users, create a directory called ‘atiensivu’.

7. Run ‘takeown /r /u staff\atiensivu /f %systemdrive%\users\atiensivu’.

8. Run regedit and go to HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and delete the SID key for the corrupt profile. Easiest way to find the correct SID is to search from the ‘ProfileList’ key for the directory mentioned in %USERPROFILE% in step #1.

9. Logoff.

10. Log into the ‘atiensivu’ account. A new profile should be created. Copy over any files you might want from the old profile directory.

The ‘takeown’ commands might be overkill but I don’t like getting permission errors.

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This is an amazing article - a scientist who managed to make people react to light-based input without using their eyes. The human brain is … limitless within its limits ? It’s definitely worth the read.

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Very handy graphical download tool.

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