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Desktop Management Scripts

Adding “Command Prompt Here” to Windows Explorer
Adding a Template to the Windows Explorer New Menu
Enumerating Administrative Tools
Enumerating Desktop Settings
Enumerating Special Folders
Enumerating Start Menu Items
Enumerating Start Menu Program Groups
Renaming the My Computer Icon on the Local Computer
Renaming the My Computer Icon on the Local Computer
Using WMI to Enumerate Environment Variables on a Computer

Adding “Command Prompt Here” to Windows Explorer


Adds a Command Prompt Here command to the Windows Explorer system menu. If a user selects Command Prompt Here from the system menu, a command window will be displayed, open to the same folder as the current Windows Explorer folder.
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
 
objShell.RegWrite "HKCR\Folder\Shell\MenuText\Command\", _
    "cmd.exe /k cd " & chr(34) & "%1" & chr(34)
objShell.RegWrite "HKCR\Folder\Shell\MenuText\", "Command Prompt Here"

Adding a Template to the Windows Explorer New Menu


Demonstrates how to add VBScript Script File to the New context menu in Windows Explorer. Requires a script template named Template.vbs to be in the \Windows\System32\ShellExt folder (on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003), or in the \Winnt\ShellNew folder (Windows 2000).
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.RegWrite "HKCR\.VBS\ShellNew\FileName","template.vbs"

Enumerating Administrative Tools


Uses the Shell object to enumerate all the Administrative Tools installed on a computer.
Const ADMINISTRATIVE_TOOLS = &H2f&
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(ADMINISTRATIVE_TOOLS) 
Set objTools = objFolder.Items
For i = 0 to objTools.Count - 1
    Wscript.Echo objTools.Item(i)
Next

Enumerating Desktop Settings


Enumerates the current desktop settings for a computer. 
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Desktop")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Border Width: " & objItem.BorderWidth
    Wscript.Echo "Caption: " & objItem.Caption
    Wscript.Echo "Cool Switch: " & objItem.CoolSwitch
    Wscript.Echo "Cursor Blink Rate: " & objItem.CursorBlinkRate
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Drag Full Windows: " & objItem.DragFullWindows
    Wscript.Echo "Grid Granularity: " & objItem.GridGranularity
    Wscript.Echo "Icon Spacing: " & objItem.IconSpacing
    Wscript.Echo "Icon Title Face Name: " & objItem.IconTitleFaceName
    Wscript.Echo "Icon Title Size: " & objItem.IconTitleSize
    Wscript.Echo "Icon Title Wrap: " & objItem.IconTitleWrap
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo "Pattern: " & objItem.Pattern
    Wscript.Echo "Screen Saver Active: " & objItem.ScreenSaverActive
    Wscript.Echo "Screen Saver Executable: " & _
        objItem.ScreenSaverExecutable
    Wscript.Echo "Screen Saver Secure: " & objItem.ScreenSaverSecure
    Wscript.Echo "Screen Saver imeout: " & objItem.ScreenSaverTimeout
    Wscript.Echo "Setting ID: " & objItem.SettingID
    Wscript.Echo "Wallpaper: " & objItem.Wallpaper
    Wscript.Echo "Wallpaper Stretched: " & objItem.WallpaperStretched
    Wscript.Echo "Wallpaper Tiled: " & objItem.WallpaperTiled
Next

Enumerating Special Folders


Uses the Shell object to return the path to the My Pictures folder.
Const MY_PICTURES = &H27&
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(MY_PICTURES) 
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self      
Wscript.Echo objFolderItem.Name & ": " & objFolderItem.Path

Enumerating Start Menu Items


Returns a list of all the Start menu items found on a computer.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_LogicalProgramGroupItem")
 
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
Next

Enumerating Start Menu Program Groups


Retrieves information about all the Start menu program groups currently in use on a computer.
On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
    ("Select * from Win32_LogicalProgramGroupItem")
 
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
Next

Renaming the My Computer Icon on the Local Computer


Renames the My Computer icon on the local computer, giving it the same name as the computer itself. 
Const MY_COMPUTER = &H11&
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
objComputerName = objNetwork.ComputerName
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(MY_COMPUTER) 
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
objFolderItem.Name = objComputerName

Renaming the My Computer Icon on the Local Computer


Renames the My Computer icon on the local computer, giving it the same name as the computer itself. 
Const MY_COMPUTER = &H11&
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
objComputerName = objNetwork.ComputerName
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Set objFolder = objShell.Namespace(MY_COMPUTER) 
Set objFolderItem = objFolder.Self
objFolderItem.Name = objComputerName

Using WMI to Enumerate Environment Variables on a Computer


Uses WMI to return information about all the environment variables on a computer. 
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_Environment")
For Each objItem in colItems
    Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
    Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
    Wscript.Echo "System Variable: " & objItem.SystemVariable
    Wscript.Echo "User Name: " & objItem.UserName
    Wscript.Echo "Variable Value: " & objItem.VariableValue
Next