wsh(Windows Scripting Host), Research: Windows Script Host or Windows Scripting Host

Research: Windows Script Host or Windows Scripting Host

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Michell Cronber #1 / 4	Research: Windows Script Host or Windows Scripting Host Hi, Anyone knows why WSH was called Windows Scripting Host in the first release, and changed name to Windows Script Host? /Michell
Tue, 21 May 2002 03:00:00 GMT

M #2 / 4	Research: Windows Script Host or Windows Scripting Host 1. We changed from "Scripting" to "Script" in all of our products, and WSH was no exception. We had been inconsistent before, calling some things "Script" and others "Scripting", which was getting a little confusing as the product list grew, so we picked one. 2. Once you have WSH V2.0 installed on your machine, you can go ahead and delete the old "Windows Scripting Host" keys. We don't do it because the source code change for that didn't get implemented in time - it is not dangerous to leave the keys there, so deleting them properly was a low priority item. We put a high priority on adding new features, and ended up not having enough time to do the low priority items. We could have deleted them from the inf during setup, but that's dangerous if the keys aren't actually there. Mike Whalen Windows Script Dev Quote: > Additional questions: > Can the registry keys referencing Windows Scripting Host be deleted? And if > so, why didn't the Windows Script Host install do it for us? > Marcus > > Hi, > > Anyone knows why WSH was called Windows Scripting Host in the first > release, > > and changed name to Windows Script Host? > > /Michell
Tue, 21 May 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Marcus E. Carlso #3 / 4	Research: Windows Script Host or Windows Scripting Host Thanks for the info. Appreciate your honesty. Marcus Quote: > 1. We changed from "Scripting" to "Script" in all of our products, and WSH > was no exception. We had been inconsistent before, calling some things No! Quote: > "Script" and others "Scripting", which was getting a little confusing as the > product list grew, so we picked one. Good for you! Quote: > 2. Once you have WSH V2.0 installed on your machine, you can go ahead and > delete the old "Windows Scripting Host" keys. We don't do it because the > source code change for that didn't get implemented in time - it is not > dangerous to leave the keys there, so deleting them properly was a low > priority item. We put a high priority on adding new features, and ended up > not having enough time to do the low priority items. We could have deleted > them from the inf during setup, but that's dangerous if the keys aren't > actually there. Got to pick your battles! Curious about inf files, they crash if there is no existing key? I thought the system would just ignore?
Tue, 21 May 2002 03:00:00 GMT

Bill Jame #4 / 4	Research: Windows Script Host or Windows Scripting Host I checked and do not have any Windows Scripting keys. I installed Internet Explorer 5.01 upgrade after I installed WSH 2.0, so perhaps it cleaned up the old Registry keys, or RegClean or CleanSweep did. Bill James Quote: > 1. We changed from "Scripting" to "Script" in all of our products, and WSH > was no exception. We had been inconsistent before, calling some things > "Script" and others "Scripting", which was getting a little confusing as the > product list grew, so we picked one. > 2. Once you have WSH V2.0 installed on your machine, you can go ahead and > delete the old "Windows Scripting Host" keys. We don't do it because the > source code change for that didn't get implemented in time - it is not > dangerous to leave the keys there, so deleting them properly was a low > priority item. We put a high priority on adding new features, and ended up > not having enough time to do the low priority items. We could have deleted > them from the inf during setup, but that's dangerous if the keys aren't > actually there. > Mike Whalen > Windows Script Dev > > Additional questions: > > Can the registry keys referencing Windows Scripting Host be deleted? And > if > > so, why didn't the Windows Script Host install do it for us? > > Marcus > > > Hi, > > > Anyone knows why WSH was called Windows Scripting Host in the first > > release, > > > and changed name to Windows Script Host? > > > /Michell
Tue, 21 May 2002 03:00:00 GMT

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