diff --git a/content/blog/determine-default-script-host-2023.md b/content/blog/determine-default-script-host-2023.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7affe89 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/determine-default-script-host-2023.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +title: "How Can I Determine the Default Windows Script Host? (2023 edition)" +date: 2023-04-06T07:10:01Z +draft: false +--- + +If you search for this topic today, you'll find [a post](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/how-can-i-determine-the-default-script-host-on-a-computer-before-i-run-a-script/) from 2006 on the "Scripting Guy" blog that contains some information on how to query the registry key to figure out the default scripting host. Great! + +# Except it's wrong + +To be fair to Scripting Guy, he was correct when he wrote that article, but the change in this behaviour is one of the lesser known exciting features of Windows Vista. + +# So, how does it work now? + +Through the magic of `procmon`, we can figure out what changes are taking place when we change the script host + +![Screenshot of procmon](/images/procmon.png) + +Et voilĂ ! + +Here's a PowerShell snippet for querying this value +```powershell +(Get-ItemProperty registry::HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\VBSFile\Shell).'(Default)' +``` + +`Open` means WScript, `Open2` means CScript. \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/content/posts/determine-default-script-host-2023.md b/content/posts/determine-default-script-host-2023.md deleted file mode 100644 index 346d8e3..0000000 --- a/content/posts/determine-default-script-host-2023.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,6 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: "Determine Default Script Host 2023" -date: 2023-04-06T07:10:01Z -draft: true ---- - diff --git a/static/images/procmon.png b/static/images/procmon.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a4f681 Binary files /dev/null and b/static/images/procmon.png differ