vbscript WshShell.exec call in ASP

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From: sticky (sticky_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 04/05/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 08:25:38 +1200

Hi,

I'm trying to get an WshShell.exec call working from within as ASP page I am
developing. I have upgraded the WSH on the server to version 5.6 and am no
longer getting the 'object doesn't support this property or method' errors.
Instead, I'm getting the error:

   WshShell.Exec error '80070002'
  The system cannot find the file specified.

  /gartner_dev/Default.asp, line 14

My code is very simple - I'm just trying to get a simple exec call working
for a start:

  Option Explicit

  Dim objExec, objWshShell

  Set objWshShell = Server.CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")

  objWshShell.exec("dir")

But even this simple code returns the error above! No matter what command I
try to exec, I get the error. Is there some component I'm missing? What file
is it looking for? I can't use the run method as I need the stdOut of the
command... although I guess I could output that to a text file, but I'd
really rather not have the overhead.

Any ideas?

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