Question

I’m writing a .bat file to handle some script generation automatically so I don’t have to type in half a dozen command arguments each time I want to run it.

I have to run a vb script from the batch file

@call ..\Database\scripts\runscriptupdates.vbs

However the script will only run if using the the command prompt from

C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cmd.exe

By default the bat file uses the cmd.exe in system32

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe

Is there a way to force the batch file to use this cmd.exe to run the vbs file? I’ve been trawling the web for about an hour now and haven’t found anything which helps (so far).

I’ve tried running the syswow64 with “start …” however it doesn’t seem to take the arguments after it.

Many thanks, Neil

Answer 1

You can try:

%windir%\SysWoW64\cmd.exe /c mybatch.bat

This will run the batch itself from a 32-bit command prompt. Thus, the call to your vbs will also be coming from a 32-bit command prompt.