VBScript, or Visual Basic Scripting, is a scripting language developed by Microsoft to help developers write scripts that interact with its products. VBScript is mainly used with Internet Explorer.

"I heard VBScript is being deprecated. Are we using it?" Logon scripts, Task Scheduler, business application installers, ...

Many commercial Web sites use the VBScript language to create flexible, dynamic pages. In some applications, such as a site that lets you download business documents, a VBScript-based Web page ...

programmatically access the file system and create, modify, delete, open, and close files for different purposes. To open/create a file in VBScript, you must create a handle on the FileSystemxxx ...

I'd like to verify a file was copied successfully to the network based on file size I suppose. But if I do the following, then using Computer Management on the server, close the handle it comes back ...

I have a vbscript that deletes a couple of .exe files on a file server and then replaces them with newer versions. The problem is that people tend to keep the files open instead of closing them when ...

Microsoft is deprecating VBScript in favor of "more advanced" alternatives like JavaScript and PowerShell. The company today (May 30) detailed how the phase-out will occur in three stages, the final ...

Do your users like to tinker with scripts? Keep yours out of harm’s way by using Microsoft’s Script Encoder. Greg Shultz shows you how to use the Encoder for basic script protection. If you’ve been ...