Call wscript.exe from CMD with parameters

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Is it possible to call the VBScript Compiler WScript.exe with parameters from CMD, like;

VB

WScript.exe -"WScript.Echo Hello World"

to display a message box.
I know how to use a VBScript but i want to run a script without being saved to a .vbs file.

Thanks in advance

What I have tried:

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Posted 1-Jun-17 3:12am

User 11061201

Updated 1-Jun-17 4:01am

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Richard MacCutchan 1-Jun-17 9:13am

Why don't you try it before posting such a question?

[no name] 1-Jun-17 9:27am

I have! Is it you who downvoted?

Richard MacCutchan 1-Jun-17 9:29am

I was thinking "what does this question mean"?

[no name] 1-Jun-17 9:32am

The question is straightforward, if you're bored or don't have the idea you don't need to reply. This question is a good one, so no need to downvote, ok.

Dave Kreskowiak 1-Jun-17 10:08am

I down-voted it because you could have easily answered this yourself just by trying it!

Reading the documentation or just running "WSCRIPT /?" would have also given you the answer.

[no name] 1-Jun-17 10:15am

I have tried all possible ways with syntax but to no avail. Also i did Google before this.

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Leo Chapiro · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-01T04:01:00

WScript.exe is not a compiler but an interpreter because VBScript is not a compiled programming language but a script language.

This interpreter expects as the first parameter the path to script and will interpret it. You can add further parameters like this:

VB

wcscript.exe test.vbs "C:\temp\"

But you can not omit the first one, it's a mandatory one!

BTW you can use Script.exe as well, it is the same like WScript.exe but a console program.