Windows Script Host

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.

Using Windows Scripting Host, VBScript performed tasks that the Windows shell (batch scripts) simply could not handle. Windows Script Host is ideal for non-interactive scripting needs, such as logon scripting, administrative scripting, and machine automation.

This is the link for Windows Script Host
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/9bbdkx3k(v=vs.84).aspx


In VBScript, we can create Windows Script Host (WSH) Objects and automate manual tasks.

These are the 14 WSH Objects:

Scripting.Signer Object  
Enables an author to sign a script with a digital signature and a recipient to verify the signature's authenticity and trustworthiness.

WScript Object 

Provides access to most of the objects, methods, and properties in the WSH object model.

WshArguments Object

 Gives you access to the entire collection of command-line parameters — in the order in which they were originally entered.

WshController Object

 Exposes the method CreateScript() that creates a remote script process.

WshEnvironment Object

 Gives you access to the collection of Microsoft Windows system environment variables.

WshNamed Object

 Provides access to the named command-line script arguments within the WshArguments object.

WshNetwork Object

 Gives you access to the shared resources on the network to which your computer is connected.

WshRemote Object

 Provides access to the remote script process.

WshRemoteError Object

 Exposes the error information available when a remote script (a WshRemote object) terminates as a result of a script error.

WshScriptExec Object

 Provides status and error information about a script run with Exec, along with access to the stdIn, stdOut, and stdErr channels.

WshShell Object

 Gives you access to the native Windows shell functionality.

WshShortcut Object

 Allows you to create a shortcut programmatically.

WshSpecialFolders Object

 Allows you to access the Windows Special Folders.

WshUnnamed Object

 Provides access to the unnamed command-line script arguments within the WshArguments object.

WshUrlShortcut Object

 Allows you to create a shortcut to an Internet resource, programmatically.

 

Link: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a74hyyw0(v=vs.84).aspx


This is the reference page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/98591fh7(v=vs.84).aspx

Script to load program in administrator elevated mode

One of our users needs to run a program in elevated mode. I added her in the local admin group, but she still have to right click the shortcut and select "Run as Administrator" and then click OK in the pop up UAC window. The user complained about all the clicks.

I googled it and found this script to avoid all these steps. User just double click the shortcut to the batch file and the batch file runs the program in elevated mode.


https://sites.google.com/site/eneerge/scripts/batchgotadmin

Basically this just creates a VBS Script on the fly and invokes the batch script using it. It checks to see if the current window is running as administrator by attempting to create a folder that requires administrative access. If the directory can not be created, then it invokes the UAC dialog, then closes the non-admin window. The script can also be executed from an already open administrative CLI.

 

 

========== Batch file: RunProgram.bat =================================

@echo off

:------------------------:
: BatchGotAdmin     :
:------------------------:

REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"
REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )


:UACPrompt

    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1  >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin

    if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"

:--------------------------------------
REM  creat a temp batch file to run the real program
    
echo net use p: /delete /y >%temp%\runProgram-temp.bat
echo net use p: "\\Server1\program files" >>%temp%\runProgram-temp.bat
echo net use n: /delete /y >>%temp%\runProgram-temp.bat
echo net use n: \\Server1\groups >>%temp%\runProgram-temp.bat
echo p:\myProgram\myProgram.exe >>%temp%\runProgram-temp.bat
echo exit >>%temp%\runProgram-temp.bat
start /min %temp%\runProgram-temp.bat

======================= End of Batch file =======================