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VBScript - The System Administrator's Language - Part 2

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Running the Script

Running the Script

Your results should look something like the screenshot above.

One important caution! Although it's possible to run this script by just double-clicking the name in Windows Explorer, ...

Don't Do That!.

Each line of the "Echo" output will be displayed in a separate window, for a total of hundreds, maybe thousands, of windows that you will have to close individually. If you make this mistake, you might want to restart your computer instead.

Actually, it's even easier than this. The next segment of this short tutorial will show you how easy it can actually be. Now that we've shown you the detailed and technical way, the next segment will show you the easy way.

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