Question

i have written following vbScript file to make several programs autostart with delay:

'Delay time 50 seconds
WScript.sleep 50000

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

'Google Trans
WshShell.Run "E:\prg\gDesktopTranslator_v1.0\gDesktopTranslator.exe"

 WScript.Sleep 2000

'Skype
cmd_1 =  chr(34) & "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype.exe" & chr(34)
cmd_2 = "/nosplash /minimized"
skype_cmd =  cmd_1 & " " & cmd_2

WshShell.Run   skype_cmd, 1, True

Set WshShell = Nothing
WScript.Quit

But the problem is that after script executes, WScript file is still in memory 🙁
I supposed WScript will be closed by WScript.Quit

Answer 1

Use the Exec method instead of Run.

Example:

Dim WshShell, oExec
Set shShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set oExec = WshShell.Exec("E:\prg\gDesktopTranslator_v1.0\gDesktopTranslator.exe")