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Method 1 Method 1 of 3: Using the Windows Command Prompt

1 Open the Command Prompt. An easy way to do this is to press Windows key + S to open the search bar, type command into the bar, and then click Command prompt in the search results.
- You may also be able to open the command prompt by pressing Windows key + X and selecting Command prompt. If you don't see this option there, you can select PowerShell –the command we'll be using will work in both the standard command prompt and PowerShell.
2 Navigate to the folder where the script is located. You can use the cd command to do this.
- For example, if the script is saved to C:\Windows\Scripts, type cd C:\Windows\Scripts and press Enter.
- The name of your script usually ends with the .VBS file extension.
3 Type cscript scriptname.vbs and press ↵ Enter. Replace scriptname.vbs with the name of the script you want to run. This displays the output of the script in the window.

Method 2 Method 2 of 3: Using the Run Dialog

1 Press ⊞ Win+R. Pressing Windows key + R' opens the Run dialog, which allows you to select and run any script or program.
2 Click Browse. This opens the file browser.
3 Select your script and click Open. If you don't see your script, click the drop-down menu at the bottom-right corner and select All files instead.
- The script will usually end with the *.VBS file extension.
4 Click OK. This runs the script.

Method 3 Method 3 of 3: Using Windows Explorer

1 Press ⊞ Win+E to open the File Explorer. This displays a list of files on your PC.
2 Navigate to your script. The script likely ends with the .VBS file extension.
3 Double-click the script. This runs the Visual Basic script.
- If the script is a console script, it will open a command prompt window and display the output.

How to Run Visual Basic Script