Here is a method to restore the missing Run a script option for rules in Outlook on your Windows PC using the Registry Editor app.

The ability to automate tasks in Excel for the web has been a long wait—but it’s finally here, and it was worth the wait.

It's not hard to create and run a shell script in Linux distros like Ubuntu, but there are a few non-obvious pitfalls you need to avoid. Here's a quick example of how to execute a script in Linux.

Figure 1. I have converted a PowerShell script into .EXE format. Figure 2 confirms that I was able to run the newly created executable file. [Click on image for larger view.] Figure 2.