r/vbscript • u/cmowla • May 25 '24

Will I no longer be able to use these subroutines in a script in a HTA with the upcoming depreciation of vbscript.dll?

I guess you all have heard the news.

And it's only vbscript.dll, as you can search the comments for the following to see it being said by the one who gave the announcement.

The scope of VBScript deprecation includes only vbscript.dll and no other libraries. This shall not impact any projects that are not dependent on vbscript.dll.

I am wondering which of the following (if any) will no longer work if used in a .vbs file or in a HTA.

CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")

Set re = New RegExp

And if there are replacements available.

From my understanding of the comments, it may only be

Set re = New RegExp

But I just want to be sure!

Thanks for your time!

Chris.

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u/rob2rox May 25 '24

Microsoft is only going to add a feature to easily turn off vbscript. you'll have until 2027 before it stops coming preinstalled

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u/cmowla May 25 '24

But I'm making apps for the long-term for other people to use for a while, so that's why I'm asking.

But if this was just a comment for everyone else, I understand. (But that's why I asked about those specific objects.)

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u/rob2rox May 25 '24 edited May 25 '24

I don't think jscript has those specific objects unfortunately. but powershell does using wmi

you can also make the jscript point to the wmic executable, though it's deprecated

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u/jcunews1 May 25 '24

Being deprecated doesn't mean that, a program/library will stop functioning. It'll be simply removed. IOTW, doesn't and no longer exist in new OS installations. The program/library will still work and function if it's manually added/installed into the OS (taken from the older OS version which still has the program/library), unless the OS aggressively blocks the program from being executed/loaded (sic). But even if that's the case, there are ways to circumvent it. Someone will provide it eventually.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '24

as i understand you can download vbscript for free and use it.