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    - Error Handling Good morning, I have the following script (feel free to improve/comments so I can learn). My problem is that it uses a text file to give it a series of computername to run the script against. The issue is that when a computer is turned off, the script returns an error. I would like to trap that error and then move on to the next computer in the text file. Could someone guide me as to why my error handler does not work. '*********************VBS Code starts here******************* On Error GoTo ErrHandler ForReading = 1 strNewFile = "PCListing01.txt" Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strNewFile, ForReading) Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream strComputer = objFile.ReadLine 'Set objOption = Document.createElement("OPTION") 'objOption.Text = strLine 'objOption.value = strLine 'CmptName.add(objOption) Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colOperatingSystems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem") For Each objOS in colOperatingSystems dtmBootup = objOS.LastBootUpTime dtmLastBootupTime = WMIDateStringToDate(dtmBootup) dtmSystemUptime = DateDiff("h", dtmLastBootUpTime, Now()) strHTML = strHTML & strComputer & " has been up for " & dtmSystemUptime & " hrs" & vbcrlf 'Wscript.Echo strComputer 'Wscript.Echo dtmBootup 'Wscript.Echo dtmLastBootupTime 'Wscript.Echo dtmSystemUptime Next Loop objFile.Close Wscript.Echo strHTML Function WMIDateStringToDate(dtmBootup) WMIDateStringToDate = CDate(Mid(dtmBootup, 5, 2) & "/" & Mid(dtmBootup, 7, 2) & "/" & Left(dtmBootup, 4) _ & " " & Mid (dtmBootup, 9, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmBootup, 11, 2) & ":" & Mid(dtmBootup, 13, 2)) End Function ErrHandler: ' this is a named range called ErrHandler ' If there was an error raised by the function we would wind up in here 'so display a message to the user to 'show what went wrong if err.number=0x80041003 then strHTML = strHTML & "Unable to reach " & strComputer Next ObjFile Resume Next else 'MsgBox "An error happened here!" & vbCrLf & _ '"Error number: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & _ '"Error Description" & Err.Description & vbCrLf & _ '"Error Help Context ID" & Err.HelpContext & vbCrLf & _ '"Error Help File" & Err.HelpFile, vbCritical, "ERROR MESSAGE" 'Err.Clear ' destroy the error andâ?¦ ' â?¦ this resumes in the last known position. ' in this case, since its not more than a file opening occurring, ' it will simply exit the function for you. Resume Next end if '*********************VBS Code ends here******************* Thanks, Daniel Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177807
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    - Setting Terminal Server settings in AD HI all: Does anyone have any code that will allow me to change a users terminal server settings in AD? I used to use TSCMD.exe on W2K terminal servers but now its has stopped working and is giving an error 1317 cannot set user settings. The script that I was using before without problems no longer works and I am looking for something new! any suggestions would be great! Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177796
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    - What does this permission indicate... I run a vbs script on several machines. All has worked except for one machine. The script essentially performs a backup via WinZip and places the result in a shared folder. When I then try to copy the script from the master station, this one workstation gives me an 'access denied' message. I am running as administrator on all machines. By the way, I'm running XP Home /SP2 with Norton AV , and I run SptBot-Search & Destroy. No indicated problems. I looked at the permissions on the shared folder and I noticed something on this workstation that I have never seen on the other workstations on our private lan: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE:(special access:) DELETE SYNCHRONIZE FILE_READ_DATA If I remove file sharing on this folder and then re-apply file sharing, this entry disappears (and my network copy works fine). Furthermore, if I go into safe-mode and look at the permissions, it says that this item is an 'unknown user'. What is Win XP trying to tell me? I have never seen this type of permission before. Dick Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177794
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    - How to send log file via email This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00D7_01C58BAC.DA457CF0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable How do I send a log or text file over e-mail as a service. The unit in = question will not be logged in??? --=20 SHANE CLARK ------=_NextPart_000_00D7_01C58BAC.DA457CF0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1499" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>How do I send a log or text file over = e-mail as a=20 service. The unit in question will not be logged in???</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><BR>-- <BR>SHANE = CLARK</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00D7_01C58BAC.DA457CF0-- Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177788
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    - Show jpeg in a VBS dialog (message) box???? Hello, Is there a way to show a thumbnail of a jpeg file in a VBS dialog (message) box? TIA, Bill bill@2burkes.com Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177784
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    - getting script to paste text into Word AND to trigger AutoOpen macro I have an .htm file, which is run from a button I installed on the Internet Explorer shortcut menu, which contains Windows script that does the following: 1. copies the selected text on the current web page and assigns the url of the web page to a variable; 2. opens a special Word document created for this purpose; 3. pastes the selection and inserts the url into the Word document. However, I also have an AutoOpen macro in the Word document which is intended to perform further steps on the pasted material. The problem is that the actions initiated by the script, such as the pasting of the text, seem to prevent the AutoOpen macro from running. Here's my question: Is it possible both to have the script open the Word document and paste stuff into it, AND to have an AutoOpen macro proceed to do further actions on the pasted text? If not, is there some other way that the script could automatically run a macro in the Word document? Thanks, Larry Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177781
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    - Script to add IPP printer connection I'm trying to use AddWindowsPrinterConnection. I need to connected to an IPP printer. Which command should I use? Thank you Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177780
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    - using a text file as source for strcomputer in vbs script. I have the following VBS script for ending a process on a remote pc. as follows strComputer = "COMPUTERNAME" Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'PROCESSNAME'") For Each objProcess in colProcessList objProcess.Terminate() Next However if I want to run this on the whole of an OU how should I go about this? I can get a list of pcs into a text file, but how do I have it so that the computer name is sourced from this list? Thanks Dan Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177777
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    - WshController error Hello all, I've been doing some research on WshController, and I read recently that one hang up that WshController has is that it can't be used with UI. I'm trying to execute a vbscript that uses WshController from a jsp page. According to an article I read it says: "the script passed to the WshController object's CreateScript method doesn't interact with the UI. In other words, you need to avoid using WScript.Echo, STDIO, WshShell::Popup, MsgBox, InputBox, and other UI functions in the script that the target remote computer will run." Is this true? Has anyone been able to interact with WshController from a jsp? Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177776
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    - How to create a variable of type Long Hi, VBScript has a lot of predefined constants with predefined data types. For example, vbYellow is type long and has the value &h00FFFF (65535). How can I create constant myYellow of type long, given a hex string of the format &h00FFFF? The following obviously doesn't work: --- const myYellow = &h00FFFF MsgBox "(vbYellow = &h00FFFF) is " & (vbYellow = &h00FFFF) & vbCrLf & _ "(vbYellow = 65535) is " & (vbYellow = 65535) & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _ "(myYellow = &h00FFFF) is " & (myYellow = &h00FFFF) & vbCrLf & _ "(myYellow = 65535) is " & (myYellow = 65535) --- The script gives me: (vbYellow = &h00FFFF) is False (vbYellow = 65535) is True (myYellow = &h00FFFF) is True (myYellow = 65535) is False Thanks, -Paul Randall Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177775
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    - open a excel document using vbscript Hello, The following script should open an excel file so as to read and parse it. If I execute it manually, every thing works well. However, if I plan its execution in the task scheduler, it doesn"t work... It seems that the task scheduler is not able to create the "Excel.application" object.... Have you ever seen this problem ? Have you an idea on how I can do to localize the problem ? thanks in advance, and excuse me for my poor english... ------------------------ source code: ------------------------ on error resume next fichierXL = "\\Serv\Partage\lefichierExcel.xls" fichierLog = "C:\exploitation\autoHierarchiques\logs\test.log" Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set logFile = fso.CreateTextFile(fichierLog, True) logFile.writeLine("checkpoint 1 : " + Cstr(Err.number) + " // " + Cstr(Err.description)) set XlObj = Wscript.CreateObject("Excel.Application") logFile.writeLine("checkpoint 2 : " + Cstr(Err.number) + " // " + Cstr(Err.description)) call XlObj.Workbooks.Open(fichierXL,0) logFile.writeLine("checkpoint 3 : " + Cstr(Err.number) + " // " + Cstr(Err.description)) XlObj.Sheets(feuilScript).Activate logFile.writeLine("checkpoint 4 : " + Cstr(Err.number) + " // " + Cstr(Err.description)) logFile.Close XlObj.quit ------------------------ resulting logfile, manual execution: ------------------------ checkpoint 1 : 0 // checkpoint 2 : 0 // checkpoint 3 : 0 // checkpoint 4 : 0 // ------------------------ resulting logfile, taskScheduler execution: ------------------------ checkpoint 1 : 0 // checkpoint 2 : -2147024891 // Impossible de crÃ©er l'objet appelÃ© "Excel.Application". checkpoint 3 : 424 // Objet requis checkpoint 4 : 424 // Objet requis (traduction : checkpoint 2 : -2147024891 // Impossible to create the object named "Excel.Application". checkpoint 3 : 424 // Object requiered ) ------------------------ Other information: ------------------------ The script is executed on a windows 2000 domain controler, as domain administrator Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177767
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    - How to define a function launched only at the end of script My script runs from CRT application (telnet, ssh, serial, ... application). In the script, I create a temporary file who contains instructions to push to CRT window and log information are pushed in an history log file. Now, i would like to remove temporary file and close history file when the script is finished (on error, on abort or at the end on script) Any idea ? Thanks Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177766
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    - How to get usable screen size (maybe WMI?) Hi all, I am trying to determine the usable screen size of desktop computers. I found WMI classes that would return the desktop resolution BUT I need: [screen height] - [taskbar height] = [usable screen size] Is there a way to determine if the auto-hide is enabled? Can I determine the height of the taskbar? I use the "Win32_DesktopMonitor" WMI class at the moment but this only returns the set screen resolution. Any idea on how to do this via WMI or maybe read values out of the registry. I looked into some TechNet articles but I didn't find anything helpful yet. Regards, Hadi Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177765
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    - File download How can I use vbscript to download a file from web server? ... or should I use other means to do the task? (The web server is general one.) TIA Milos Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177763
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    - Newbie - How to fill forms without a button click Hi, 1. Automatically filling in a form from a database. When the user logs in, it should take the user to something like the Registration page and automatically fill in the fields from a database. I know to do document.Register.FirstName.value = "Hello World" but I need to fill in the fields before a button is pressed. I am not sure how I can fill in the fields before a button is pressed? Perhaps somehow getting a message from the login.asp page that clicks the button? P.S. I just started monkeying around with ASP pages. I am not sure what the difference is between VBScript, JavaScript, C#, XML. I noticed in a tutorial that VBScript is not supported in all browsers. Does that go for JavaScript? Is C# supposed to be better than Java or VB? Thanks, -- Christopher J. Holland Holland Projects 8444 Capricorn Way Suite 2 San Diego, CA 92126 web: http://home.san.rr.com/webmain email: chollan2@san.rr.com phone: (858) 530-0122 cell: N/A Fax: N/A Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177762
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    - Change Machine group policy with vbscript Hi, I need to change local machine group policy to set the security level for .js extensions to "Unrestricted" This will not be overwritten by domain gp. Can this be done by vb script. I've tried with caspol .bat but without any luck. any ideas much appreciated. Cheers Matt Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177761
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    - Write data to and read data from RS232C Hello, IÂ´m looking for a Sample-Script (VBScript or JScript), which is able to write data to the Com1-Port (RS232C) and read data from this port. I don't have MSCOMM32 on my system. I think, there should be some other solutions (e.g. with use command-line functionality via RUN or an Active-X-Object, that can use with CreateObject. Thanks for helpful hints.-- V.Schmidt Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177755
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    - ASP SQL Update Query I am trying to update a field in an Access DB using ASP, but I get the following error. Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005' Operation must use an updateable query. If I put the same code into a VBS file the update works file (See below) ******************************************************************* DatabaseFile = """C:\web\changes.mdb""" Set adoCon = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection") adoCon.open("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=" & DatabaseFile) strReason = "Work Damn you" SQLQuery = "UPDATE Table SET Table.Reason='" & strReason & "' Where id=54" adoCon.execute(SQLQuery) ******************************************************************** Does anyone know why the exact same code wont work in ASP? Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177754
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    - email Any good utilties or built in objects with Windows 2000 that will allow me to send email via vbscript and attaching a file. Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177753
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    - Standardize screensaver and wallpaper Hi, I need to manage 100 desktops which are Win98, WinNT, Win2K and WinXP. I want to standardize the screensaver and wallpaper. I know this can be done by group policy but I need to do it by executing script from a server. Thank for your attention and advice. Best Regards, Boteasy Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177748
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    - Can I script a IE session Hi I'm looking for a way to control which JAVA JRE to use in a IE session. Is there a way to control this? When installing Java JRE it looks like it should be possible to use a specific Java JRE version when opening IE, anyway I need this possibility, I've got two application and they don't support the same Sun Java JRE. Hoping for the best Kjell Liljegren Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177741
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    - copy files hello ng, i will copy all files (exclude my vbscript file copy.vbs) to a folder... in vb there was a app.path parameter... is there something in vbscript so i can copy files from a "unknown" Folder (there is my copy.vbs) to a defined location??? thanks for help manfred büttner Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177729
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    - How to get long filename from short filename? This demonstration script is not yet successful. I would like to get the long name from the short name of a file (in this case, given as a command-line argument). I was hoping that either the name or the path property of the file object would do it, but no joy. The name property = the same short name given. The path property (default) also just gives the short name after the subdirectory. There is no "longname" property. So how is it done? ---------------------------------------------- dim oArgs, oFi, oFS set oArgs = Wscript.Arguments if oArgs.count=0 then wscript.echo "No argument given" wscript.quit end if set oFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") set oFi = oFS.GetFile(oArgs.item(0)) wscript.echo oFi.name wscript.echo oFi Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177723
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    - Writing a text file from within a script only if a candition is th I've write a VB script that retrive all error events from Event Logs on the local machine (by Win32_NTLogEvent) and write it to an output text file. The script is scheduled to run every day at a specified time and retrive only events occurred in the previous 24 hours. Actually it open and write the output text file always, even if no error events logs occurred (in this case the output text file is, obviously, empty). The question is: is there a way to open and write the output text file only if it is no empty (if an error occurred) and in wich mode? In this way, in fact, every day I'll check the local machine and only if there was errors in the event logs in the previous day I'll find the output text file without the needs to check and read an empty output text file. Thanks in advance. Cosimo MERCURO Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177722
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    - Difference Between Two Pages Hi, I have content for a 'Live' page in one cell in Table_A and content for an 'edited' page in anotehr cell in Table_B. How do I track differences? Hihlight additions, changes and deletions? Ideally I'd show the two pages (frames maybe) and show the differences between the two. Any ideas? Any scripts floating about already? Thanks Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177721
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    - Change permission remotely Hi, I would like to change security permission for everyone from "no access" to "read only" on each temp folder. I have about 200 computers to reset. Is it a way to do it by VBscript? Thanks Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177719
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    - Query IP Addresses from DHCP I have an SBS03 Server and I would like to be able to look up the IP address from an Computer Name. The application is a script to turn on a group of computers every morning. These are workstations in the exam rooms of a doctor's office. The staff is always forgetting to turn all of them on in the morning and the doctor then has to wait for the computer to boot while the patient is sitting there. It would also fit well for turning them on early and letting them load their updates before business hours. My concern is if their lease runs out and DHCP issues them a new IP, then the WOL magic packet will end up at the wrong computer. Thanks, Bernie Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177717
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    - How to change current directory? I have an application I need to run, however, it needs to execute in a specific directory. This directory it needs to run in is different to the one that my .vbs script is running in. How can I change the current directory so that the program executes from within that directory. eg. I have C:\script.vbs which must run C:\foo\bar.exe. Modifying bar.exe is beyond my control, and it must run in C:\foo. The down side is that script.vbs must run from c:\ I have tried using the .Run method on the Shell object to run DOS commands, but I keep getting the error: C:\script.vbs(283, 10) (null): The system cannot find the file specified. This would be where line 283 is something like: oShell.run "dir" Thanks. Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177707
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    - cannot execute my vbscript in a batch file called from a jsp Hello all, I'm trying to execute my vbscript through a batch file. I can run it if by double clicking, but I want to attach the execution of the button to a button click on a jsp page. I have the code setup for that, but it looks like when I click the button in the jsp page, my vbscript errors out. my code is pasted below: strEssbaseServer = "someserver" strStartupScript = "test.vbs" filLog.WriteLine "Setting vars worked" Set objWshController = WScript.CreateObject("WshController") filLog.WriteLine "setting objWshController worked" Set objRemoteScript = objWshController.CreateScript(strStartupScript, strEssbaseServer) filLog.WriteLine "Setting objRemoteScript worked" Wscript.ConnectObject objRemoteScript, "Remote_" filLog.WriteLine "Setting wscript.connectobject worked" If Err.Number <> 0 Then filLog.WriteLine "Error creating remote script." Err.Clear End If objRemoteScript.Execute It looks like it's erroring out at this line: Set objRemoteScript = objWshController.CreateScript(strStartupScript, strEssbaseServer) Any thoughts? Do I have to follow a different syntax since I'm executing this from a bat file which is called by a jsp page? Thanks in advance. Ian Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177706
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    - ASP error traping problem I am unable to trap and handle errors in ASP. I am running function which returns value. When in the function and error is raised (ADO or VBscript related) the function simply ends. NO error handling or whatever code after line where error arouse gets executed. Function just returns with no return value. Is that normal and what can i do? Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177704
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    - Reading From and Writing To text files Greetings, I posted earlier on my project which is to create vbscript to take a text file that has spaces between columns of data and convert it so that the field are separate by semi-colons instead of a block of spaces. I have figured out most of the code I'm going to need for this project, but there is one area where I'm still hanging. I need to know how to: select a text file by name Open it Read characters from it into a variable or array after processing I need to: Write the converted to anothe text file Name that file (save it) and close it I've read up on this at a couple of sites, but I'm still confused. Does anyone know of a good tutorial on this or could someone post this information. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tammy Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177695
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    - Net Send script help I've created a user interface in VBScript that compliments the NET SEND command. It allows the user to input any number of computer names seperated by a comma (,), then input the message that they want to send. Finally, It displays a summary of what message was sent and the computer names. This thing is that I'd like for it to display all the computer names on the same message box. The way I have it now, it displays each PC in it's own popup box. How can I modify my script to display a list of all the PCs that got the message using the msgbox function? Dim arrPCnames() intSize = 0 Set objShell = Wscript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 'Get computer names PC2Reach = InputBox("Please enter the computer name. For additional computers, separate each with a comma (,)" 'Get message Message2Send = InputBox("Type your message.", "Send a message") arrStations = Split(PC2Reach, ",") 'Send message For Each PC2Reach In arrStations objShell.Run "net send " & PC2Reach & " " & Message2Send ReDim Preserve arrPCnames(intSize) arrPCnames(intSize) = PC2Reach intSize = intSize + 1 Next 'Summary of command MsgBox "Here's you message:" & vbCrLf & _ vbCrLf & _ Message2Send & vbCrLf & _ vbCrLf & _ "Computers that got the message:" For Each strName in arrPCNames Wscript.Echo strName Next Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177692
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    - Kill process based on a user who started it I am using this script to kill all java.exe on my system: set wmi = getobject("winmgmts:") wql = "select * from Win32_Process " _ & " where name='java.exe'" set results = wmi.execquery(wql) for each app in results app.terminate next I need to be more specific and kill only java.exe processes that had been started by a particular user. How can I do this? Thx YuriW Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177689
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    - Drive Map Script not Reading User Groups We recently moved to W2K servers from NT and therefore have not used scripts on the servers before. I have in the past, but I am a bit rusty. Anyway, I have written a script to map network drives based upon a user's group. I know the script works in regard to mapping since I've included a test mapping at the end by making the Group set to NULL. What I can't figure out is why the User Groups are not being properly pulled into the script by the code I have written. Any help will be appreciated greatly. Tech@HillCenter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 'All actual server names have been removed from the script. On Error Resume Next 'PC User Logon Script to Automate Drive Mappings" Const ADMIN_GROUP = "cn=Admin" Const ADMISSIONS_GROUP = "cn=Admissions" Const DEVELOPMENT_GROUP = "cn=Development" Const FACULTY_GROUP = "cn=Faculty" Const FINANCE_GROUP = "cn=Finance" Const MARKETING_GROUP = "cn=Marketing" Const PROF_DEV_GROUP = "cn=ProfDev" Const SPOC_GROUP = "cn=SPOC" Set wshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") Set ADSysInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo") Set CurrentUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & ADSysInfo.UserName) strGroups = LCase(Join(CurrentUser.MemberOf)) If InStr(strGroups, ADMIN_GROUP) Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "U:", "\\FILESERVER\ADMIN\" wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "I:", "\\FILESERVER\IMAGES\" wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "L:", "\\FILESERVER\FORMS\" ElseIf InStr(strGroups, ADMISSIONS_GROUP) Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "W:", "\\FILESERVER\ADMISSIONS\" ElseIf InStr(strGroups, DEVELOPMENT_GROUP) Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "G:", "\\FILESERVER\DEVELOPMENT\" ElseIf InStr(strGroups, FACULTY_GROUP) Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "H:", "\\FILESERVER\FACULTY\" ElseIf InStr(strGroups, FINANCE_GROUP) Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "F:", "\\FILESERVER\FINANCE\" ElseIf InStr(strGroups, MARKETING_GROUP) Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "M:", "\\FILESERVER\MARKETING\" ElseIf InStr(strGroups, PROF_DEV_GROUP) Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "P:", "\\FILESERVER\PROFDEV\" ElseIf InStr(strGroups, SPOC_GROUP) Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "S:", "\\FILESERVER\SPOC\" ElseIf InStr(strGroups, " ") Then wshNetwork.MapNetworkDrive "T:", "\\FILESERVER\FACULTY" End If Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177687
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    - Determining whether the Word window is minimized Gary Terhune created this handy vbs code for me a while back. It activates the already open (but not activated) Word window. I run it with a Winkey combo and it works fine, though there is a slight pause (which I can probably address with more memory). . However, I'm wondering if I might also speed it up by checking to see ifWord is minimized, and then only run the SendKeys statement if the window is minimized. That might help the code work faster. So how would I determine if Word is minimized? Option Explicit dim w With WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") w = .AppActivate("Microsoft Word") ' restores Word if Word is minimized .SendKeys ("% r") End With Thanks, Larry Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177685
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    - Null Error in my Script, HELP!! I keep getting this error when I attempt to run a vbscript (logon script) on my users computers that has some numbers and source is just (null). The part of the code is as follows: Const G_MCEDENDrAccess = "cn=mc_eden_drive_access" Dim oNetwork Dim oADSysinfo Dim oUser Dim sGroups 'Defining values and querying AD for user information Set oNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") Set oADSysInfo = CreateObject("ADSystemInfo") Set oUser = GetObject("LDAP://" & oADSysInfo.UserName) sGroups = LCase(Join(oUser.MemberOf)) I get the error at Set oUser = GetObject......... Its almost like an LDAP problem query for group membership in Active Directory. Now it works on my account, which I am a domain admin, which should not matter because everyone cannot be a domain admin. someone please help. Thanks Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177680
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    - excel object I am working on a script to automate merging excel files but I think I ran into a snag. In order to crete an excel object do I have to have excel on the server? My guess is yes but I can't move yet to a server for testing. Set xlApp = CreateObject("Excel.Application") Set xlOutBook = xlApp.Workbooks.Add Thanks Mike Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177670
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    - How to get first element in a collection of items? For a logon script I would like to retrieve the screen resolution of our desktops. The following script is working fine on single monitor desktops. strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_DesktopMonitor",,48) For Each objItem in colItems Wscript.Echo "ScreenHeight: " & objItem.ScreenHeight Wscript.Echo "ScreenWidth: " & objItem.ScreenWidth Next But if more monitors are connected I am interested only in the first one. How do I get that information? I tried: Wscript.Echo "ScreenHeight: " & colItem(0).ScreenHeight ... but it doesn't work. What am I doing wrong? Thank you for looking into this! Hadi Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177666
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    - Win32_NetworkConnection on Remote Computer How to extract Win32_NetworkConnection from Remote Computer? If know next info Win32_LogonSession.LogonId = <AnyID>, Win32_LogonSession.LogonType = 2 (interactive) Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177663
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    - Script help!! Can some one help me out with this. I created this script and I am trying to apply it to a group policy that I created for AD. ' ' Printers.vbs - Windows Logon Script. Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\recwarehouse\label_printer." The ending for the printer share name is label_printer. I have placed the script in \\hh.hrm.lan\SysVol\hh.hrm.lan\Policies\{97F3974A-8BEC-42E7-A663-C229A972637A}\User\Scripts\Logon. When the user that I applied the GP to his OU logs in he gets this error on his screen. Windows Script Error - Line: 4 Char: 1 Error: The specified module could not be found. Code: 8007007E Source: (null). This is my first attempt at using scripts so if some one knows and can explain in detail that would be helpful. Thanks! -- Scott Micale Director of IT 330-877-3631 Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177659
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    - Script help!!!! Can some one help me out with this. I created this script and I am trying to apply it to a group policy that I created for AD. ' ' Printers.vbs - Windows Logon Script. Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network") objNetwork.AddWindowsPrinterConnection "\\recwarehouse\label_printer." The ending for the printer share name is label_printer. I have placed the script in \\hh.hrm.lan\SysVol\hh.hrm.lan\Policies\{97F3974A-8BEC-42E7-A663-C229A972637A}\User\Scripts\Logon. When the user that I applied the GP to his OU logs in he gets this error on his screen. Windows Script Error - Line: 4 Char: 1 Error: The specified module could not be found. Code: 8007007E Source: (null). This is my first attempt at using scripts so if some one knows and can explain in detail that would be helpful. Thanks! -- Scott Micale Director of IT 330-877-3631 Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177657
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    - GetObject("LDAP:// error 8007200a Hi, first post, wahooo I had an IIS5 ASP web running on a Win2k DC the web connected to AD no problems at all, it goes and gets users... I have moved the web to a member server win2k3 IIS6 now getting AD connection errors error '8007200a' /core.inc, line 60 Here is Line 59 & 60 Set RootDSE = GetObject("LDAP://RootDSE") Set PeopleRoot = GetObject("LDAP://OU=People, " & RootDSE.Get("DefaultNamingContext")) if I fire up the old DC and run the web the same code works! any help, please Thanks in advance. Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177653
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    - Another LastLogon question Hello, I have yet another "lastlogon" question... I use Richard Mueller's "LastLogon.vbs" to audit the Active Directory forest my computer is a member of (company's HQ), which works quite well. I've now been directed to expand that audit to all of my company's Active Directory forests. Unfortunately, each site has it's own forest (9 sites), and each forest is trusted by the HQ forest in a hub configuration. I've been trying to find a way to successfully adapt the "LastLogon.vbs" script to accept the other site forest names and produce a list for each of the sites to be combined for a comprehensive audit. Does anyone have a working script that can handle this configuration, or provide pointers on changing the script to work, or another way to query all of the forests and process the results to produce a list that can be easily audited without a lot of manual processing? Thanks in advance. ---------- Mark L. Woods Saint Louis, MO USA Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177647
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    - script to create a folder Hi, Is there a way I can write a script and include it in my logon.vbs that creates a folder in Documents and Setting/User folder on a PC? Thanks Vivek Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177642
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    - hyperlink and webdav I need to open a webfolder with input frm thse user https://webdav.domain.com/userinput userinput will be a text box users enter and then click on a open box to open their webdav folder. How can this be done? Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177641
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    - Scheduled Tasks Hello all, I have the following script '******************Script Starts Here***************** 'Enumerating Scheduled Tasks strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colScheduledJobs = objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("SELECT * FROM Win32_ScheduledJob") For Each objJob in colScheduledJobs strHTML = strHTML & "Caption: " & objJob.Caption & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Command: " & objJob.Command & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Days Of Month: " & objJob.DaysOfMonth & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Days Of Week: " & objJob.DaysOfWeek & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Description: " & objJob.Description & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Elapsed Time: " & objJob.ElapsedTime & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Install Date: " & objJob.InstallDate & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Interact with Desktop: " & objJob.InteractWithDesktop & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Job ID: " & objJob.JobID & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Job Status: " & objJob.JobStatus & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Name: " & objJob.Name & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Notify: " & objJob.Notify & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Owner: " & objJob.Owner & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Priority: " & objJob.Priority & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Run Repeatedly: " & objJob.RunRepeatedly & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Start Time: " & objJob.StartTime & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Status: " & objJob.Status & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Time Submitted: " & objJob.TimeSubmitted & vbcrlf strHTML = strHTML & "Until Time: " & objJob.UntilTime & VbCrLf & VbCrLf Next Wscript.Echo strHTML '******************Script Ends Here***************** What I do not understand is why it will only retrieve info on tasks that were created through a script. Those tasks that a user manually entered do not get retrieved???? How can I get a list of ALL scheduled task on a system? If possible please explain the how's and why's that my script fails to do what I intended it to do, if at all possible. Thank you, Daniel Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177639
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    - Run As Administrator? This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_05E0_01C58885.BE08E8D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a script that lets me know who is logged into a remote = computer...I would like to be able to pass administrator rights into the = script so that it will work under a standard power user account...how do = I do that?? Thanks in advanced strComputer =3D "nameofcomputer " Set objWMIService =3D GetObject("winmgmts:" _ & "{impersonationLevel=3Dimpersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") = Set colComputer =3D objWMIService.ExecQuery _ ("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem") For Each objComputer in colComputer Wscript.Echo "Logged-on user: " & objComputer.UserName Next --=20 SHANE CLARK ------=_NextPart_000_05E0_01C58885.BE08E8D0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2800.1499" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have a script that lets me know who = is logged=20 into a remote computer...I would like to be able to pass administrator = rights=20 into the script so that it will work under a standard power user = account...how=20 do I do that??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks in advanced</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><FONT size=3D2> <P>strComputer =3D "nameofcomputer "</P> <P>Set objWMIService =3D GetObject("winmgmts:" _</P> <P>& "{impersonationLevel=3Dimpersonate}!\\" & strComputer & = "\root\cimv2") </P> <P>Set colComputer =3D objWMIService.ExecQuery _</P> <P>("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem")</P> <P></P> <P>For Each objComputer in colComputer</P> <P>Wscript.Echo "Logged-on user: " & objComputer.UserName</P> <P>Next</P></FONT><BR>-- <BR>SHANE CLARK</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_05E0_01C58885.BE08E8D0-- Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177636
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    - Search for event ID Hello, I would like to see the vbscript codes that can search for certain event IDs on a remote computer/server. Specifically, I would like to know if event ID 4121 (HD drive failure on Raid 5, for example.) occurs in anyone of my 30 servers. Of cause, I can get to the event logs and set filter to ID 4121. But that is time consuming. Please help. Fan Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177623
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    - excel script Can a script be written to combine ~5 spreadsheets on a schedule? I would like to have a script (.vbs) run everynight a midnight and combine all worksheets from ~5 workbooks and then save it as a workbook. Is this doable? Thanks Mike Tag: vb script to run a desktop shortcut Tag: 177621

what would be the way in VBS to run a desktop shortcut... I can't just call
the program exe as there are parameters I need that are in the
shortcut....mainly start in

thx.

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Re: vb script to run a desktop shortcut by Torgeir

Torgeir
Tue Jul 19 08:43:07 CDT 2005

cadcamguy wrote:

> what would be the way in VBS to run a desktop shortcut...
> I can't just call the program exe as there are parameters
> I need that are in the shortcut....mainly start in
>
Hi,

Some tips in this post:

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/microsoft.public.scripting.wsh/msg/69c2874036e32e23?dmode=source&hl=en

--
torgeir, Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway
Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of
the 1328 page Scripting Guide:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/default.mspx

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