Scarch.vbs

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Chris Nunez

Hey, I've noticed a scarch.vbs program listed as one of my
startup programs (checked msconfig) I was wondering what
it did and if it was really needed. Does it have anything
to do with wscript.exe? cCn I disable that as well? Thanks.
 
I would be vary wary of a file like that set to run at startup. The ..vbs file type is VBScript, and does run with wscript.exe by default. You can right click on the file and select Edit to view the code. There is a fairly common admin script from Microsoft called search.vbs, but that would be of no use to the typical user -- you might want to take a second look at the file name to see if that is what it is. The first few lines of that script look like this:

' Variables declaration

' If showing results from 6-10, then
' iResultNumberFrom = 6, iResultNumberTo = 10,
' and iTotalResultDisplayed = 5
' Sort method: regular->rank (default), advance->title or rank
' Search method: regular->free text,
' advance->free text, boolean, and wildcards

In any case, you should be able disable the item without worry, however if this is a company computer you need to check with the Administrator since they may have a purpose for it running.

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Bill James
Microsoft MVP - Shell/User

Win9x VBScript Utilities » www.billsway.com/vbspage/
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