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Windows Script Host Basics

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• 10/24/2011

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Microsoft® Windows® Script Host (WSH) is a language-independent scripting host for Windows Script compatible scripting engines. It brings simple, powerful, and flexible scripting to the Windows 32-bit platform, allowing you to run scripts from both the Windows desktop and the command prompt.

Windows Script Host is ideal for non-interactive scripting needs, such as logon scripting, administrative scripting, and machine automation.

In This Section

• What Is WSH?
  General overview of Windows Script Host
• Creating Scripts that Can Be Used by WSH
  How to create a WSH-compatible script
• Windows Script Host Object Model
  A roadmap to the architecture
• WSH Language
  List of elements that make up WSH Reference.

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