The WSH, the engines, and related functionality are also listed as objects which can be accessed and scripted and queried by means of the VBA and Visual Studio object explorers and those for similar tools like the various script debuggers, e.g. Windows Management Instrumentation is also scriptable by this means. These scripts may be run in GUI mode ( WScript.exe) or command line mode ( CScript.exe), or from a COM object ( wshom.ocx), offering flexibility to the user for interactive or non-interactive scripts. WSH provides an environment for scripts to run – it invokes the appropriate script engine and provides a set of services and objects for the script to work with. Microsoft describes it as an administration tool. Windows Script Host may be used for a variety of purposes, including logon scripts, administration and general automation. Beginning with Windows 2000, the Windows Script Host became available for use with user login scripts. It is also installed if Internet Explorer 5 (or a later version) is installed. Windows Script Host is distributed and installed by default on Windows 98 and later versions of Windows. WSH engines include various implementations for the Rexx, BASIC, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, PHP, JavaScript, Delphi, Python, XSLT, and other languages. The advantage of the Windows Script File (.WSF) is that it allows multiple scripts ("jobs") as well as a combination of scripting languages within a single file. The language independent filename extension WSF can also be used.
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Users can install different scripting engines to enable them to script in other languages, for instance PerlScript.
By default, it interprets and runs plain-text JScript (.JS and. It is language-independent in that it can make use of different Active Scripting language engines. The WSH is also an optional install provided with a VBScript and JScript engine for Windows CE 3.0 and following and some third-party engines including Rexx and other forms of Basic are also available. The WSH is also a means of automation for Internet Explorer via the installed WSH engines from IE Version 3.0 onwards at this time VBScript became means of automation for Microsoft Outlook 97. This tool was first provided on Windows 95 after Build 950a on the installation discs as an optional installation configurable and installable by means of the Control Panel, and then a standard component of Windows 98 (Build 1111) and subsequent and Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 and by means of Service Pack 4. The Microsoft Windows Script Host ( WSH) (formerly named Windows Scripting Host) is an automation technology for Microsoft Windows operating systems that provides scripting abilities comparable to batch files, but with a wider range of supported features.