Microsoft has confirmed plans to pull the plug on VBScript in the second half of 2024 in a move that signals the end of an era for programmers. Initially, VBScript will transition to an on-demand ...

Microsoft, from time to time, kills off various features in its apps. The company explained in detail earlier this year how this is good for users. Likewise, VBScript removal has also been on ...

The scripting language VBScript will disappear completely from Windows after 2027, Microsoft recently announced. The language is deemed too vulnerable to hacking attacks and has now also been ...

Microsoft is deprecating VBScript in favor of "more advanced" alternatives like JavaScript and PowerShell. The company today (May 30) detailed how the phase-out will occur in three stages, the final ...

Microsoft has stopped developing VBScript after a 27-year relationship and plans to remove the scripting language entirely in a future Windows release. Vole announced that Visual Basic Scripting ...

Microsoft announced today that it will start deprecating VBScript in the second half of 2024 by making it an on-demand feature until it's completely removed. Features on Demand (FODs) are optional ...

Microsoft is officially splitting from VBScript after a 27-year relationship and plans to remove the scripting language entirely in a future Windows release. The IT giant said on Monday that VBScript, ...

The big picture: The Windows ecosystem has offered an unparalleled level of backward compatibility for decades. However, Microsoft is now working to remove as many legacy technologies as possible in ...

The recently-patched flaw could corrupt memory in such a way that an attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. Researchers have discovered that the Darkhotel APT is ...

This is an attempt to write a VBScript parser in JS. The output is also JavaScript. It's far from compelete, but it does compile the .vbs files. I suggested that someone port their old, giant IE6 only ...

The importance of TDD (Test Driven Development) like a method to make the code more maintainable and flexible is now unquestionable. But I'm not found in open source world a productive way to do TDD ...

If when you try to install a program on your Windows 111/10 PC, you receive the error prompt Error 2738 – Could not access VBScript run time for custom action, then ...