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Of course, I feel a fool now!! I set the script engine to cscript for a certain reason a few days back, then forgot to put it back to WScript - also forgetting that I'd done this apparently. As soon as I read your reply, I realised what had happened.<br />
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To get back to CScript, I use this, right? - wscript //H:cscript<br />
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Thanks!<br />
<br />
Martin
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Of course, I feel a fool now!! I set the script engine to cscript for a certain reason a few days back, then forgot to put it back to WScript - also forgetting that I'd done this apparently. As soon as I read your reply, I realised what had happened.

To get back to CScript, I use this, right? - wscript //H:cscript

Thanks!

Martin

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Oh, I think I misunderstood something. Anyway, all OK now. Thanks again.<br />
<br />
Martin
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Oh, I think I misunderstood something. Anyway, all OK now. Thanks again.

Martin

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The one line of script below always opened a message box with the chosen text. When I clicked the OK button, the box closed.<br />
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On one of my PCs this no longer happens, I get a quick flash of a cmd.exe window. VBS scripts which perform tasks still function, but I am missing the message box each time. On other PCs, the scripts work as usual, producing a message box.<br />
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Any ideas what has happened on that one machine and how I could correct it so that the MsgBox displays again? Windows Script Host seems to be installed OK, but if I right-click the script file and choose to open with WSH, I get the same thing - a quick flash of a command window, but no more.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
<br />
Martin<br />

<pre><code id="code-274646">WScript.Echo &quot;Enable Control System&quot;
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The one line of script below always opened a message box with the chosen text. When I clicked the OK button, the box closed.

On one of my PCs this no longer happens, I get a quick flash of a cmd.exe window. VBS scripts which perform tasks still function, but I am missing the message box each time. On other PCs, the scripts work as usual, producing a message box.

Any ideas what has happened on that one machine and how I could correct it so that the MsgBox displays again? Windows Script Host seems to be installed OK, but if I right-click the script file and choose to open with WSH, I get the same thing - a quick flash of a command window, but no more.

Thanks,

Martin

VBS Script in XP/WSH - No message box

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VB Script

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