Create a vbs file with a batch script

Hello,

To send these lines into the file, you need to add ECHO in front of each VBS command:

 @echo off cls (echo Dim Shell, DesktopPath, INK echo Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") echo DesktopPath = Shell.SpecialFolders("Desktop") echo Set Ink = Shell.CreateShortcut(DesktopPath & "\Vlc.LNK") echo Ink.TargetPath = "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe" echo Ink.Save)>rcs.vbs

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If the goal is to create a shortcut on the desktop, it’s easier to do it directly in batch:

 mklink "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\Vlc.lnk" "C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe"

Hello,

I didn't understand anything (and I don't understand anything about vbs either, but that's not the question).

If we want a hybrid vbs/Batch script, we need to call the appropriate interpreter (cscript, wscript...) from the Batch.

If it's about creating a vbs script from scratch, a text editor is sufficient.

But assuming for one reason or another that we want to create such a script from a batch, we cannot redirect with >> a command that doesn't work in a batch: we need to use an ECHO command before the redirection.

Hello TheGBB

When Brucine (whom I greet) says that he doesn't understand anything about VBS, it's not a criticism from him but just a fact; he codes very well in other languages (including bash) but not in VBS.

However, the rest of his response is a starting point for you: to execute the script, you need to use the right command and >> won't work.

In short, he is helping you, so yes, he isn't doing all the work for you, but that's the basic concept of this forum: to give leads, to make the requester think because we always remember better what we understand than what we've simply read.

Barnabé (whom I greet as well) kindly chews up the task for you, which is beneficial to you in the short term since you immediately have 2 exploitable solutions. But no matter what, to progress you will have to think for yourself and not expect the forum to provide you with a ready-made solution.

And it's great that you thank him, but the -1 for Brucine is in no way justified and that's why I am canceling it.

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