Rob van der Woude's Scripting Pages

On this site you will find all kinds of (administrative) scripting related information:

several scripting languages: batch files, JScript, KiXtart, Perl, PowerShell, Rexx, VBScript ...
some language reference material
regular expressions
lots of sample scripts
scripting techniques and best practices
undocumented features, tricks and work-arounds
links to more scripting info
commands for unattended (silent) installations
downloadable tools and utilities
titles of relevant books on scripting
and more...

Use the navigation menu on the left to browse to the information you need, or use the Search function.
Don't forget to look at the FAQ for answers to common questions.

On the News page you'll find announcements of new or updated material on this site.
The What's New page lists the web pages and source files ordered by last modification date.

Disclaimer

It's a shame it's necessary, but here comes the small print...

Unless stated otherwise, these pages, the programs presented and their sources are copyrighted freeware.
Use them entirely at your own risk.
The author cannot be held responsible for any damage, direct nor consequential, caused by the use of, or inability to use the techniques or programs presented here, nor the programs' sources or part of the sources.
Use of any of the techniques, programs or sources presented here implies agreement with these terms.

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