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Am I able to embed HTA code into VBScript? [duplicate]
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My company used VBScript and IE to create popups for gathering and displaying information. Now that IE is going away, we can't do this in Edge. We're looking for a way to use HTA embedded in ...
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Getting a response from a wsh script
In my HTA app there are some actions which are executing some heavily time-consuming tasks on a server. For example an action uses an old ActiveX component to read some fileproperties (like Subject ...
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CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run Path with spaces can not find file
I am receiving a error when running a WScript.Shell Run with a path that has a spaces in it.
I've tried several different variations that result in the same error.
CreateObject("WScript.Shell").Run "...
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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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Use WScript.Sleep() or replacement in mshta.exe one-liner
I want to use WScript.Sleep() function with a mshta.exe one-liner from a batch (I don't want to write temporary files) but I receive a WScript undefined error.
As stated in this answer:
WScript is ...
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How to convert a string from a file to an object with JS in .HTA without JSON.parse
I have a .HTA file with JS like this:
<script>
var fso = new ActiveXObject('Scripting.FileSystemObject');
var configsHandle = fso.OpenTextFile('configs.json', 1);
var configs = configsHandle....
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Can't set a new innerHTML for an element with JS in .HTA page
I'm trying to set a new innerHTML property for the head element of my .HTA page for example:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title>Some title</...
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Define and call Wscript function inside Javascript file to run in Windows Script Host
I need exactly like I asked in question title.
I have a javascript file for calculating Thanksgiving date for every year, provided the year value input.
Now I want this javascript to be executable ...
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How to minimize window?
How to minimize window?
I am making HTA application and I want replace window title bar with my custom one.
I've disabled it by HTA's "caption=no" option and placed my own minimize/maximize/close ...
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bWaitOnReturn has no effect on mstsc.exe when run from HTA
In VBScript, the WScript.Shell.Run method has three arguments, the third of which is a boolean value specifying whether the program should wait for a newly-spawned process to finish before proceeding.
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Trouble getting WScript.Shell to work from HTA page
I have a private HTA application that I want to launch bat files and regular cmd functions (cd, delete, etc.) from.
My script follows:
<script type="text/javascript">
var SHELL = new ...
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WScript to run exe from client PC without any popup windows, silently
My objective is to launch an .exe from client PC, from Internet Explorer, without any user interaction needed. I'm deploying in a sandbox environment so the security is not of my concern here.
I've ...
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Make an HTA file run as admin (elevated)
In wsf, vbs and js files you can easily find out if they run elevated and if not you can easily make them.
The code I've written for that is this:
EnsureElevatedPrivileges();
WScript.Echo("Running ...
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