Advice on Running Scripts

[JD]

I downloaded (but have not run or installed) a .vbs application called
"Clear Recent." It is to remove the "history" of Windows file searches and
other MRUs.
I don't like to do anything that I'm not sure I can undo--or install a
program that I'm not sure I can uninstall.
How do these "scripts" work? Are they installed, with uninstall appearing in
Add/Remove Programs?
Or do they simply run when double-clicked?
If I run it once, can I later simply delete it?
Are they SAFE?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

They simple run when double-clicked.

Yes.

It depends upon what is in the code, and where you download it from. Scripts
are very powerful, and can do any task that the user can do. Usually, the
contents of the script are viewable in Notepad. You need a little bit of
scripting knowledge to interpret the code.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I downloaded (but have not run or installed) a .vbs application called
"Clear Recent." It is to remove the "history" of Windows file searches and
other MRUs.
I don't like to do anything that I'm not sure I can undo--or install a
program that I'm not sure I can uninstall.
How do these "scripts" work? Are they installed, with uninstall appearing in
Add/Remove Programs?
Or do they simply run when double-clicked?
If I run it once, can I later simply delete it?
Are they SAFE?

 

[JD]

Hello Ramesh. Thank you for your response. I am glad to know that it simply
runs when double-clicked and can be deleted at any time.
I got this script from Kelly's Corner, and she credits Doug Knox, so I'd say
that the "source" is unimpeachable.

They simple run when double-clicked.

Yes.

It depends upon what is in the code, and where you download it from.
Scripts
are very powerful, and can do any task that the user can do. Usually, the
contents of the script are viewable in Notepad. You need a little bit of
scripting knowledge to interpret the code.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


I downloaded (but have not run or installed) a .vbs application called
"Clear Recent." It is to remove the "history" of Windows file searches and
other MRUs.
I don't like to do anything that I'm not sure I can undo--or install a
program that I'm not sure I can uninstall.
How do these "scripts" work? Are they installed, with uninstall appearing
in
Add/Remove Programs?
Or do they simply run when double-clicked?
If I run it once, can I later simply delete it?
Are they SAFE?

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

You're welcome JD.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


Hello Ramesh. Thank you for your response. I am glad to know that it simply
runs when double-clicked and can be deleted at any time.
I got this script from Kelly's Corner, and she credits Doug Knox, so I'd say
that the "source" is unimpeachable.