Arguments, display - WshArguments.Item (also Count and length) Command, cscript - Run a VBS/WSH Script Command, .Run command Command, .Exec execute command Command, .AppActivate activate running command Drive Map - .MapNetworkDrive Drive Map, list - .EnumNetworkDrives Drive Map, remove - .RemoveNetworkDrive Echo text .Echo Echo text to StdOut.Write Echo, popup .Popup Environment, read env variables - .Environment Environment, expand env variables - .ExpandEnvironmentStrings Environment, delete env variables - .WshEnvironment.Remove Environment, echo .ComputerName Environment, echo .UserName Environment, echo .UserDomain Log an item in the Event log .LogEvent Object, create - .CreateObject Object, get - .GetObject Object, disconnect- .DisconnectObject Path of wscript.exe - .Name Path to current directory - .CurrentDirectory Pathname of wscript.exe - .FullName Pathname of script being run - .ScriptFullName Path to desktop,start menu.. - .SpecialFolders Printer, add printer - .AddPrinterConnection Printer, add Network printer - .AddWindowsPrinterConnection Printer, list printers - .EnumPrinterConnections Printer, set default printer - .SetDefaultPrinter Printer, remove printer - .RemovePrinterConnection Quit - .Quit Registry, delete - .RegDelete Registry, read - .RegRead Registry, write - .RegWrite Send Keys - .SendKeys Shortcut,create - .CreateShortcut Sleep - .Sleep text input - .ReadLine text output - .Write Version of wscript - .Version
Syntax
Variables, Functions, Operators,
Conditional and looping Statements.
Examples:
DriveMap.vbs - Connect to a network file share.
qchange.vbs - Re-assign network printer connections
compinfo.vbs - List Computer properties (as shown in ADUC)
userinfo.vbs - List User properties (as shown in ADUC)
datetime.vbs - Get Date, Time and daylight savings
uname.vbs - List user's simple name when called with a Distinguished Name
Localadmins.vbs - List local administrators across a network domain
All the syntax on this page assumes you have Windows Scripting Host version 5.6 (as supplied with Windows XP.) Examples are in VB Script.
Windows Scripting Host 5.7 is also now available.
Naming conventions.
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