Enterprise Server Strategies for the CIOIn addition to its root methods and properties, Wscript.Shell contains several collections generated by its properties or methods.
| Object Collection | Description |
|---|---|
| WshShortcut | Allows you to create a shortcut to a file. |
| WshURLShortcut | Allows you to create a shortcut to a URL. |
| WshEnvironment | The collection of environment variables returned by WshShell's Environment property. Use environment variable names to return values of specific items, such as PATH. |
| WshSpecialFolders | The collection of 16 special folders returned by the SpecialFolders property of WshShell, including the Desktop, Favorites and Start Menu. |
| WshScriptExec | The object is returned by WshShell's Exec method. It can return a program's status (0 for running or 1 for completed) or show error information. |
This month we will explore two methods of WshShell: RegRead and LogEvent.
Scripting School: Turning the environment with
WshShell
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Introduction- Contents of WshShell
- Viewing and editing the Registry
- Reading and writing to the Registry
- Recording the change
- Summary
Read Christa's previous columns:
April 2005: Beginner's
guide to scripting
May 2005: It's
time to increase your scripting expertise
June 2005: Connect
users to network resources
July 2005: More
on connecting to network resources
August 2005: Find
objects with Windows Scripting Host
September 2005: Windows
Script Host arguments
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
When Christa Anderson began working with Windows Server operating systems in 1992, she became
increasingly interested in finding more efficient and flexible ways of performing routine tasks.
Christa has written extensively about administrative scripting and taught technical sessions on the
subject at conferences such as Comdex and CeBIT, helping people who had never done any scripting to
write their own scripts in half a day. In addition to her interest in scripting Windows management,
Christa is an authority on server-based computing and the program manager for Terminal Services
licensing in Longhorn. If you have a scripting question for Christa, please e-mail her at scripting@SearchWinSystems.com.
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