> What are these .vbs files "officially" for anyway?
Think of it as a second batch language for the OS (operating system).
The other one is DOS batch language, with extension .bat (another
one NOT to click on in a hurry). To run .vbe files as macros you need
to have WSH (Windows Scripting Host) component installed. This is
bundled in Win98, but just like any other optional component you can
install it or remove it at will.
VBScript can also be designed for HTML documents (placed inside
<script> tags) rather than run on Win98 itself, but these commands
would have to pass Internet Zone security settings in your browser,
and assuming you have normal security setting you will be likely
prompted if anything much risky is programmed.
Bat seems safe, even with the most harmless script.
I sent myself a HTML email with script
<SCRIPT language=VBScript>
MsgBox "Hello World!"
</SCRIPT>
and bat doesn't even display Hello World, whereas loading the same web
page without browser does display message (without prompt) via
auto-popup.
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Best regards, Stephen
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