Windows – VBScipt Missing – Windows 7 64bit – Tried Many Solutions but No Luck

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When installing some programs or when trying to run .vbs files, Windows informs me it cannot find VBScript.

I have tried everything I can find online, including:

  • Registering the .dll: regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\vbscript.dll – I
    get a successful message each time I register.

  • Running sfc /scannow.

  • Ensuring the registry key points the right place.
    C:\Windows\system32\vbscript.dll and not some anti-vir screening
    file.

  • I can see the .dll file in both system 32 and sysWOW64.

Any advice on how to proceed would be appreciated. Also I cannot find any place where I might re-downloaded the VBScript engine.

More information:

The .vbs file format is associated with the Microsoft Windows Based Script Host. This information is from the File Associations section of the Control Panel.

When I try to run a .vbs file I received an error window stating:

Windows Script Host – Can't find script engine "VBScript" for script
"C:****.vbs".

Best Answer

What happens when you run cscript.exe or wscript.exe? That's how you run (those) scripts on Windows.

It could be getting blocked by group policy, as well - I've heard of that being done in some corporate environments, though it was a temporary thing.

So, look for wscript.exe or cscript.exe, attempt to run them, see whether they're missing or what error message you get when running them, etc.

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