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How to run my vbs

Akasha51150 Posted messages 8 Status Member -  
Akasha51150 Posted messages 8 Status Member -
Hello everyone,

I'm new to the forum, and I'm here to share my problem.
In my workplace, I used a VBS script every day to get forecast volumes; everything was going well until one day someone in the office got "infected" by a file that uses a VBS extension.
In a fit of totalitarianism, our dear IT department unilaterally decided to disable the program that allows VBS files to run.
I found a workaround to run my file by right-clicking/open with and selecting Cscript.exe, but I find it cumbersome to have to do this every day when I could previously combine it into an Excel file where I just had to press a button...
Now, when I press that button, it opens the VBS file... but in Notepad.
They also generously provided a .bat file that essentially says:
C:\windows\system32\Cscript.exe Myfile.vbs, but when I run it, it tells me it can't find my file....

Can someone help me?

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    ryko1820 Posted messages 1633 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   310
     
    Hello,

    it probably just requires adding the full path to the VBS file, for example: 

    C:\windows\system32\Cscript.exe C:\MyScripts\Myfile.vbs


    Adding quotes if there are spaces in any of the names in the path (file or folder): 

    C:\windows\system32\Cscript.exe "C:\My Scripts\My file.vbs"


    Then there are options for launching cscript that can be used to adapt the behavior of the vbscript engine to your needs... 

    C:\windows\system32>cscript
    Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812
    Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

    Usage : CScript scriptname.extension [option...] [arguments...]

    Options :
     //B Batch mode : Suppresses the display of prompts and script errors
     //D Enable debugging
     //E:engine Use the engine for script execution
     //H:CScript Replace the default script runtime environment with CScript.exe
     //H:WScript Replace the default script runtime environment with WScript.exe (default)
     //I Interactive mode (default, opposite of the //B option)
     //Job:xxxx Execute a WSF task
     //Logo Display a logo (default)
     //Nologo Prevent displaying a logo : No banner is displayed during execution
     //S Save the current command line options for this user
     //T:nn Execution time in seconds : Maximum time allowed for script execution
     //X Run a script in the debugger
     //U Use Unicode for redirected console I/O


    You may stop me but you can't stop us all ;-)
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    1. Akasha51150 Posted messages 8 Status Member
       
      Thank you for your response, but I didn't understand the Cscript launch options. How should I proceed to use them?

      Edit: I just tried from my VPN connection, with and without quotes, and when launching the .bat file, I see a Command Prompt window open and then nothing happens.
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    2. ryko1820 Posted messages 1633 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   310 > Akasha51150 Posted messages 8 Status Member
       
      It's essentially to change the engine's behavior. If the default operation suits you, there's no need to delve into this. 

      C:\windows\system32\Cscript.exe C:\MesScripts\Monfichier.vbs //B
      for example prevents the display of interaction windows (asking the user a question for example) that may appear when launching the script by double-clicking (when it is properly associated with the engine), thus allowing for automatic launching...

      Conversely, without an operator on the machine, the script would wait indefinitely for a response... Of course, this operation in "standalone mode" must have been considered in the script at the time of its writing to provide a default value for a variable and/or find the answer to the question by itself.

      If you don't know how to use them and what they might be for, there's a good chance you don't need them.
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