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Getting Invalid root in registry key when running CScript.exe from a windows Cmd file
I am running a test.cmd file from a C# exe by creating a System.Diagnostics.Process.
The test.cmd is launching a JScript file using the Windows Scripting Host Command Line as below
C:\myfolder>...
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Is there a way to remove extra verbage on screen when using cscript? [duplicate]
I am working on a project in my spare time to make my life easier at work but when I put in a cscript for looking at what the default printer is on my script I get extra verbage that I do not want to ...
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How to use variables in Wscript.Shell + cmd.exe?
I'm trying to substitute variables to path in a wsh.run command (it should launch a batch file), but I got an error in the dos console: "The file name, directory name or volume label syntax is ...
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Is there another way to run the CMD command without calling Cscript, Wscript or PowerShell?
I had a CMD command to set VLC media player to record video in certain time period that user requested. It was working until McAfee having updated definition from the corporate server to stop ...
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WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") is not recognized in cmd in win8
I am facing error in win 8.1 64bit when i am running this command:
start "" "X:\Windows\System32\devmgmt.msc"
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.SendKeys "{TAP}"
pause
I ...
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How to get CMD output in HTA file within JavaScript
I run some CMD commands in my HTA file like
<script>
var WShell = new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell');
WShell.run('cmd /c the_first_command');
WShell.run('cmd /c the_second_command');
</...
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How to run CMD commands one by one in HTA
I'm trying to run in my HTA file the following Win CMD commands one by one
<script>
var WShell = new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell');
WShell.run('cmd /c "cd C:\\Users\\Username\\myFolder &&...
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How to display a message when opening HTA file with VBS
I have VBS file with the only line
CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run "cmd /c start mshta.exe %cd%/app.hta",0,True
When I click this VBS file, there is a delay before the HTA file is opened, so I ...
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How to hide cmd.exe and cscript command prompts?
I have a test.cmd file on my desktop. In it contains the following line:
cmd.exe /c "cscript foo.js"
Is it possible to completely silence/quiet/supress/hide any and all console windows from popping ...
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Can't upload a file to FTP with WScript.Shell / cmd [duplicate]
I've created simple HTA-page
<input type="button" value="Run" onclick="run();">
<script>
function run() {
var shell = new ActiveXObject('WScript.Shell');
shell.run('cmd /c ftp -i -s:D:\...
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How to prefill the command prompt with some chars?
In a batch file, I want to open a command prompt (and keep it open), and prefill the command with the text "git clone", so I just need to copy a project's URL.
This is how I open a command-prompt and ...
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Running and saving command output using VBA
I am trying to run shell commands from VBA and get output into a csv file. Below is the code I am using:
Dim wsh as Object
Set wsh = VBA.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
plink_path="C:\plink.exe"
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Windows Product Key - Different answers from different techniques
Following on from this question (which asks how to retrieve a Windows Product Key), there seems to be conflicting information obtained from the various methods. This question asks why is there a ...
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Calling multiple command-line commands from vbscript / wscript in a single shell instance
I'm trying to improve the performance of my vb script. I need vbs to programmatically transform and import xml files into an MS Access database, and that works fast. After I run an xsl transform on a ...
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Default settings for CScript.exe
How can I make CSript.exe run my scripts with /K by default?
Also is it possible to set default settings for how will the cmd window appear?(maximise window, pick font, size etc.)
UPDATE:
I heard ...
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