Solved vbs replacement


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Hi,

after a recent clean install, I rembered to have read somwhere that vbs is deprecated. But I have two vb scripts which I have saved to put them back in my installation, whenever I do a clean install. One is for my "show / hide hidden files" context menu entry, it's from Vishal Gupta: Add “Show / Hide Hidden Files” Option in Desktop and Explorer Context Menu in Windows. The other one is for a shortcut to safemode (I don't remember where i got it from).

The first vb script is combined with a modification of the registry. The above shown link (for the registry change) also shows a link to the corresponding vb script. But this second link does not work anymore. So I copy the complete vb script here:

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Hidden = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Hidden"
SSHidden = "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ShowSuperHidden"
Set Command1 = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Check = Command1.RegRead(Hidden)
If Check = 2 Then
Command1.RegWrite Hidden, 1, "REG_DWORD"
Command1.RegWrite SSHidden, 1, "REG_DWORD"
Else
Command1.RegWrite Hidden, 2, "REG_DWORD"
Command1.RegWrite SSHidden, 0, "REG_DWORD"
End If
Command1.SendKeys "{F5}"

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My intention was now to change the vb script to a php or ps1 script. As I have no clue about coding, I found an internet site which does the transformation automatically. I then renamed the vbs file to php/ps1 and modified the reference in the reg file accordingly.

But when I try out the context menu entry, I am getting an error saying that there is no "motor" on my system allowing to run the php or ps1 file. I suppose the motor is the "Wscript".exe to which the vbs file refers (and also the reg file).

Capture.webp

I know there are other solutions for the context menu entry to be found on the net, but they are less elegant: you get a short black screen when toggeling the show/hidden state and you need two context menu entries, one for showing the files another one for hiding the files. The solution from Vishal Gupta allow to toggle with one single rightclick menu entry.

So if someone could help me to obtain the right "motor" to get the php or ps1 file to run, I would be greatful.
 
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By "motor," they likely mean engine, as in a scripting engine. Windows Script Host does not run PowerShell scripts. You probably need to change the reg file so that it calls powershell.exe, not wscript or cscript. Can you post the contents of the reg file?
 

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Looks like a simple VBS to switch the "Show hidden & system files" options in Explorer. There's no script arguments, since it's designed to toggle between the two different modes.

Here's a cleaned up version in PowerShell.
Code: 
$regPath = "HKCU:\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced"

if ((Get-ItemPropertyValue -Path $regPath -Name Hidden) -eq 2) {
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name Hidden -Value 1
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name ShowSuperHidden -Value 1
}
else {
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name Hidden -Value 2
    Set-ItemProperty -Path $regPath -Name ShowSuperHidden -Value 0
}

$wshell = New-Object -ComObject wscript.shell
$null = $wshell.AppActivate("Explorer")
Start-Sleep -Seconds 1
$wshell.SendKeys("{F5}")

For the context menu command:
Code: 
powershell -ep bypass -F \path\to\saved\script.ps1
 

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Thank you to both of you. I'll try it out an report back.

(@pseymore: the content of the reg file is as follows:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Show/Hide Hidden Files]
"HasLUAShield"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Show/Hide Hidden Files\command]
@="WScript C:\\Windows\\Toggle_Show_Hidden_Files_On_Off.vbs"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell\Show/Hide Hidden Files\command]
@="WScript C:\\Windows\\Toggle_Show_Hidden_Files_On_Off.vbs"
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Since the PS command will be embedded inside a reg file:
Code: 
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\Show/Hide Hidden Files\command]
@="powershell -ep bypass -F C:\\path\\to\\script.ps1"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\LibraryFolder\Background\shell\Show/Hide Hidden Files\command]
@="powershell -ep bypass -F C:\\path\\to\\script.ps1"
 

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Thank you works fine :-):-)
 

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Sorry for coming back to this, but something has changed in Windows (recent update ?).
When I now try to run the reg file proposed by @garlin in post n° 5 (which worked fine before) I am getting the following error (translated):

"Impossible to import ... [the reg file] ..: the specified file is not a registry script.​
You can only import binary registry files from the registry editor".​
​
See screenshot:

Capture.webp


Could you (all) possibly help out again ?

Thanks in advance
 

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Make sure you have the 'Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00' at the top of the reg file. garlin's example doesn't include it.
 

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Thanks ! That did the trick. (y)
 

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