A Windows Script File (WSF) is a file type used by the Microsoft Windows Script Host. It allows mixing the scripting languages JScript and VBScript within a single file, or other scripting languages such as Perl, Object REXX, Python, or Kixtart if installed by the user.
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The Windows Script Host service was introduced in Windows 98, and is included with every version of Windows since then. It provides scripting abilities to users, similar to that of batch files, but with more options and features. Having the Windows Script Host enabled in Windows allows users to execute VBScript and JScript files. If you need to enable Windows Script Host, following the steps below.
- Windows PowerShell is an object-oriented automation engine and scripting language with an interactive command-line shell designed to help IT professionals configure systems and automate administrative tasks. You can find it in every modern Windows OS starting with Windows 2008R2.
- Lao Script for Windows is a Windows application with Lao fonts and keyboard remapping to allow Lao language text to be easily entered and used on Windows-based computers. LaoScript 8 is recommended for use on Windows 7, Windows 8 or Windows 10 and can be used with most 32-bit and 64-bit applications.
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- In Windows, the batch file is a file that stores commands in a serial order. Command line interpreter takes the file as an input and executes in the same order. A batch file is simply a text file saved with the.bat file extension.
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Due to exploitation by some malware programs, Windows Script Host service is often disabled in Windows to prevent security issues.
Enabling Windows Script Host
- Open the Run or Search menu by either pressing the Windows key or clicking start and locating the white box.
- In the search field, type regedit.exe and press Enter to open the Registry Editor.
- Navigate to the following registry key by clicking through the menus on the left side: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindows Script HostSettings
- On the right side of the Registry Editor window, double-click the Enabled registry value.
- If disabled, the Enabled value will be set to 0. Change it to a 1 to enable Windows Script Host.
- Close the Registry Editor window.
To disable Windows Script Host, change the Enabled value to a 0.
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I love shell scripting – it’s the duct tape of programming to me. Low cost, high benefit. And it feels like art, where one can learn to do increasingly complex tasks with greater simplicity.
Sadly, I feel like it’s a developer skill on the decline. Maybe new developers feel it’s “not real programming”. Perhaps the growing dominance of Java as the lingua franca of academic comp sci courses has made shell scripting less relevant in university settings.
True, shell scripting feel a bit “vocational”, maybe even a bit unsexy compared to Python/Ruby/LISP/blah/blah/blah. Nevertheless, it’s a skill that becomes invaluable as you gain seniority and start doing more DevOps in you day job, or if you want to do some high-speed, low drag stuff to tailor your development environment like this.
Why Windows?
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This series will share some of the tips and tricks I’ve picked up through the years of working with Windows professionally. I’ll be the first to admit the Unix shells of the world are far superior to the Windows command prompt (or even Windows PowerShell). Windows is a fact of life for most professionals writing code for coporate customers; this series aims to make life with Windows a little easier.
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Why DOS-style Batch Files?
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This series will share some conventions I picked up along the way for scripting in Windows via command prompt batch files. The Windows PowerShell is definitely sweet, but, I still like batch files for their portability and low friction. The Windows command line is very stable – no worrying about the PowerShell interpreter path, which version of PowerShell the server is running, etc.