Questions tagged [wsh]
For questions relating to Windows Script Host (WSH), a language-independent scripting host for the Windows operating system. It allows scripts to be run from both the graphical Windows desktop (via WScript.exe) and the command prompt (via CScript.exe).
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Use VSCode to debug Windows Script Host scripts
Is there a way to configure VSCode to allow me to debug old JavaScript (JScript?) or VBScript routines that run in the Windows Script Host? I'd like to step through the code of each of these scripts ...
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WSH/Javascript: how to access collection items [duplicate]
I am writing a JavaScript that shall be executed in Windows Scripting Host on the command line with cscript.exe. I need JSON parsing, so I decided on JavaScript instead of VBScript.
Now I am trying to ...
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VBScript, how to put a dictionay inside another dictionary using .Item setter? [duplicate]
A.S. this is NOT dup: How can I use a dictionary inside a class in vbscript?
i do NOT want to make new classes
i also do not want to make ad hoc wrappers (would i - i would just use array(1) instead ...
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How to list all environment variables in JScript [duplicate]
My prog.js looks like this:
var WshShell = WSH.CreateObject("WScript.Shell");
var env = WshShell.Environment("PROCESS");
WSH.Echo(env.Length); // 46
WSH.Echo(env("OS")); ...
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Unable to redirect output from VBA with cmd in hidden mode
Am trying to redirect output from cmd to a text file using Wscript.shell script. It works when cmd window is in active mode. But doesn't work with cmd windows style is 0 (hidden mode).
Dim objShell : ...
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How to access JSON object returned from createObject("htmlfile") in VBS file
I have the following json:
{
"columns":[
"b_summary",
"end_fy",
"id",
"isin",
"market",
"name&...
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SAP GUI Connection not working after update to .NET 6
I developed a .NET 4.6 Framework project (X64) with access to the running sap-instance.
to connect to sap i used the exactly same way as the SAP-Script:
Script-Version:
Set SapGuiAuto = GetObject(&...
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How to enable your Windows Script Host through Registry Editor?
The error I'm getting:
Windows Script Host access is disabled on this machine. Contact your administrator for details.
From many websites you can find that making a file named: ["Enabled"] ...
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How can I prompt the user to enter a value in WSH JavaScript?
I tried all the possible ways to enter a value from the user but none of those actually worked;
I wrote these codes in my notepad and saved with .js extension;
For example:
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var input = WScript....
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Getting "Windows Script Host" : Error code 800A03F6, Microsoft JScript compilation error, when executing module after using npm link
Windows Script Host prompts this error when trying to run your node cli
Steps to reproduce issue:
Create simple node 'Hello world' project
use npm link to link the package.
Try running the module ...
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Starting and minimizing Quake Terminal at startup
I'm trying to create a WSF that I can run using Task Scheduler at login. I want it to open the Terminal, switch to Quake mode, minimize that and then close the orignal Terminal window.
I've got as far ...
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Activate Windows License
When I use slmgr /skms <URL> | cmd command in PowerShell it shows me a pop up that I must press the ok button after that I run slmgr /ato | cmd and again shows me another pop up that I press the ...
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Windows Script Host cannot reference type library with version number in hexadecimal notation
I have .NET framework assembly which is exposed to COM. Recently, since the assembly minor version number reach 10, it stopped being usable from Windows Script Host (WSH).
[assembly: AssemblyVersion(&...
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Why does WScript.Shell SpecialFolders function return an empty string for Default and MyDocuments
To facilitate special folder processing, I wrote some code to return requested values based on an Enum with values for DeskTop, Default, MyDocuments, etc. The enum value is then converted to the ...
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How to encode a string in base64 in JScript [duplicate]
Well, i think the title is pretty clear, how to encode a string to base64 in JScript?
While researching online i found this:
How to decode a Base64 string in JScript
Yeah, intresting (for Decoding), ...
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Error 800A01CE, add printer by vbs throught ip
When I tried a small code to add printer on window 10 enterprise 64bits. I meet error 800A01CE. Please help me to resolve this problem. This is my source
Option Explicit
Dim strPrinterUNC, objNetwork
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powershell spawned by .vbs file does not recognize script files... (Windows 11)
I'm simply trying to run a .ps1 from a .vbs (did this before on w10)
C:\Scripts\Test.vbs
command = "powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -nologo -command C:\Scripts\Test.ps1"
set shell = ...
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Why does Typescript support WScript?
I have installed Typescript just to have WScript intellisense in VScode.
And I got it. But whenever I compile a typescript tsc myScript.ts containing WScript method WScript.Echo("hello world"...
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Why script hangs the host process when buffer size increases to 4MB?
We have added Process class to execute a script. Main method of the script file is defined in the next section. When Script executed the WaitForExit() method of Process class returns false every time ....
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Why is MS Access displaying a window after closing when automated through vbscript?
I have a vbscript that opens Access and calls a function. The .Visible property for the Access application is set to False in the script. Up until a few days ago I was not seeing any visible Access ...
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VBS & WSH error on simple loop and cpu over usage
I have a simple script that hunts for popup boxes that are generated for website and Excel.
It works most of the time but errors out occasionlly and seemingly randomly.
The error is
line: 6
Char: 3
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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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Active Directory VBS Scripting, getting blank or no value for "cn" attribute
I am writing a script to write the computer name ("CN") attribute of computer accounts in an OU of Active Directory into description field of the computer account but I am just getting blank ...
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Batch scripting - how to pass a flag into a loop and modify the flag if condition met
I am new to scripting and I found this script online that seems to do what I need after I tweaked it a bit. I am trying to close a popup window once it opened, once the popup window opened I need a ...
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VBA Reconnect Remembered Network Drive
(MS Excel 2016)
I'm trying to find a solution, which can be implemented via vba, to ensure that the network resource for my Excel utility is available and prevent the
{insert path here} is not a ...
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Executable binary file not working after XOR encryption and decyption
I want to encrypt an exe file (file.exe), write the encrypted version to a text file (fileenc.txt) and decrypt the data in the text file back to another exe file (filedec.exe).
file.exe and filedec....
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Encrypt binary file with xor Jscript WSH
When encrypting string using xor encryption, things work well. But when dealing with bytes, it does not work for. It throws error at k.charCodeAt(0) Please what could be the problem? This is my full ...
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Found this script plus the exe file in my app data folder. I wonder what does this do. Is this a backdoor script to record my key stroke entry?
I recently found a WS folder with in my app data folder, containing a "ws.exe" file, with a script file in the same folder, also there is shortcut added to my startup folder with below ...
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VB script to find whether it is running in 32 bit or 64 bit [duplicate]
how to find which command prompt(32 bit or 64) is being used to run the vb script when it is called using cscript. I need to capture that info.
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Where can I find the doc for the function GetObject in Microsoft Javascript?
I cannot find the doc for the function GetObject available in Microsoft Javascript.
I tried with no luck https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/search/?terms=javascript%20getobject where I found https://...
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