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The WshShell object
exposes some of the common shell functionalities of Microsoft Windows,
making it easy to creates shortcuts, access the environment variables,
run applications, access system registry, and more.
The WshShell object is not instantiated automatically upon
script execution, hence it must be instantiated explicitly using
CreateObject before it can be used.
Properties
- Environment
Syntax: WshShell.Environment([strType])
The Environment property is read only and returns a WshEnvironment object.
- SpecialFolders
Syntax: WshShell.SpecialFolders
The SpecialFolders property is read only and returns a WshSpecialFolders object.
Methods
- AppActivate
Syntax: WshShell.AppActivate (strTitle)
The AppActivate method activates an application.
- CreateShortcut
Syntax: WshShell.CreateShortcut (strPathName)
The CreateShortcut method creates and returns a WshShortcut object.
- ExpandEnvironmentStrings
Syntax: WshShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings (strString)
The ExpandEnvironmentStrings method expands the environment variables in a string and returns the resulting string.
- LogEvent
Syntax: WshShell.LogEvent (intType, strMessage [,strTarget])
The LogEvent method logs an event in the Windows NT event log or WSH.log file.
- Popup
Syntax: WshShell.Popup [,intSecondsToWait] [,strTitle] [,intType]
The Popup method displays a pop-up message box.
- RegDelete
Syntax: WshShell.RegDelete (strName)
The RegDelete method removes a registry entry based on strName.
- RegRead
Syntax: WshShell.RegRead (strName)
The RegRead method reads and returns a registry entry based on strName.
- RegWrite
Syntax: WshShell.RegWrite (strName, varValue [,strType])
The RegWrite method writes a new entry into the registry.
- Run
Syntax: WshShell.Run (strCommand [,intWindowStyle] [,bWaitOnReturn])
The Run method runs an application in a new process.
- SendKeys
Syntax: WshShell.SendKeys (strKeyString)
The SendKeys method sends keystrokes to the active window. Similar to VB's SendKeys statement.
