Links to Introductions, Tutorials & Problem Solution
Welcome to our Windows Scripting Host (WSH) guide.
Microsoft currently offers three hosts for running
scripting language code. They are:
- Internet Explorer (IE)
- Internet Information Server (IIS)
- Windows Script Host (WSH, VBS)
The Internet Explorer and the Internet Information
Server are well known to developers. However, many
developers may not be familiar with the Windows Script
Host. WSH (VBS) is a very useful tool that allows you to
directly run VBScript, JScript and XML encoded scripts
natively within the operating system.
Windows Script Host is the successor of
batch files and enables scripts to be executed
directly on the Windows desktop or command console,
without the need to embed those scripts in an HTML
document. Scripts can be run directly from the desktop
by clicking on a script file, or from the command
console. WSH provides a low-memory scripting host that
is ideal for non-interactive scripting needs, such as
logon scripting, administrative scripting, and so on.
Windows Script Host comes free with Windows
2000/XP and 98/ME. If you have Windows 95 or
NT, WSH can be downloaded for free from Microsoft as
part of a package called "Windows Script 5.1".
Click here to download WSH (free) directly from
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