WScript.Shell object (CurrentDirectory)

[skiflyer]

I have the following code

Dim wshShell
Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.CurrentDirectory = "D:\test\"
MsgBox WshShell.CurrentDirectory

And it works fine on my WinXP Pro box, but on my Win2kPro box I'm told the object doesn't support the method.

I'm fairly certain that upgrading the WScript host on all the Win2k boxes which will need to handle this is not feasible, is there an older method for executing this code?

Thanks,
Rob

 

[JL42]

The CurrentDirectory method is part of version 5.6, which you get automatically as part of the upgrade to IE6, which I would guess is something you want done anyway.

 

[tsuji]

Hello skiflyer,

I do not know CurrentDirectory being a supported method. You ask for alternative, how about the good old way?

strCDir=wscript.scriptfullname
strCDir=Left(strCDir,InStrRev(strCDir,"\&quot)
wscript.echo strCDir

May be you are asking something more involved that escape me?

regards - tsuji

 

[skiflyer]

Indeed, I want to actually switch directories to ones other than where I start. The current directory command lets you do this through assignment.

Thanks for the info JL42, the test machine gets wiped out so often and I never use its browser. I'll give that a go.

-Rob

 

[tsuji]

Hello skiflyer,

Having a chance to verify and to look into the documentation, yes, it is a new feature added to wsh5.6---my ignorance,sorry. It is features as a _property_ of WshShell.

The way I would do it across-wsh platform is to use the script runtime:

Set fso=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject&quot
strCurrentDirectory=fso.GetAbsolutePathName(".&quot
Set fso=Nothing
WScript.Echo strCurrentDirectory

regards - tsuji