Microsoft is deprecating VBScript in favor of 'more advanced' alternatives like JavaScript and PowerShell in a three-phase plan that looks like it will wrap up shortly after 2027 or so.

Like other scripting languages, VBScript contains functions to handle file input and output. As a Microsoft scripting language, VBScript has access to Windows objects that handle Internet ...

Microsoft announced today that it will start deprecating VBScript in the second half of 2024 by making it an on-demand feature until it's completely removed.

How to Encrypt VBScript. You cannot protect your business's VBScript code perfectly, but you can encode it to prevent the average person from understanding it. VBScript is an older scripting ...

Visual Basic Scripting Edition, affectionately known as VBScript, was introduced as a light programming language by Microsoft in 1996, but since then, alternatives like PowerShell and JavaScript ...

Microsoft is planning to phase out VBScript in future Windows releases after 30 years of use, making it an on-demand feature until it is removed.

Researchers at Trend Micro recently disclosed the flaw in Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Engine (VBScript), an active scripting language developed by Microsoft modeled on Visual Basic.

On Windows 11, it's now possible to remove the VBScript feature from the Settings app or use PowerShell commands; in this guide, I will show you how.