Provides access to OS Shell methods.
Syntax
Set objShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
Methods
.AppActivate 'Activate running command.
.Run 'Run an application.
.TileVertically 'Tile app windows.
.RegRead 'Read from registry.
.RegDelete 'Delete from registry.
.RegWrite 'Write to the registry.
Syntax
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Methods
.BrowseForFolder 'Display a dialog box to select a folder.
.CanStartStopService("ServiceName") 'Can the current user start/stop the named service?
.CascadeWindows 'Arrange app windows.
.EjectPC 'Eject PC from a docking station.
.ExpandEnvironmentStrings 'Expand a Windows environment variable.
.Explore(FolderPath) 'Open a folder.
.FileRun 'Open the File-run dialogue.
.GetSystemInformation("PhysicalMemoryInstalled") 'Physical memory installed, in bytes.
.IsServiceRunning("ServiceName") 'Check if a Windows service is running.
.MinimizeAll 'Minimize everything.
.NameSpace("C:\\") 'Create an object reference to a folder.
.ServiceStart("ServiceName", true) 'Start a windows service.
.ServiceStop("ServiceName", true) 'Stop a windows service.
.SetTime 'Open the set time GUI.
.ShellExecute 'Run a script or application.
.ShutdownWindows
.TileHorizontally 'Tile app windows.
.TileVertically 'Tile app windows.
.ToggleDesktop 'Show/Hide Desktop.
.TrayProperties 'Display the Taskbar/Start Menu Properties.
.UndoMinimizeAll 'Un-Minimize everything.
Some additional methods can be found here.
Dim objShell
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run "C:\Demo"
Set objShell = Nothing
“It is possible to store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely uneducated” ~ Alec Bourne
.AppActivate - Activate running command.
.Application - BrowseForFolder/Open.
.Run a command.