Re: WSCRIPT.EXE does not set ERRORLEVEL

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"Krzysztof Żelechowski" <yecril71pl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have noticed that cscript.exe sets ERRORLEVEL but wscript.exe does not.
Why is that?

Wscript.exe is intended for double clicking a script. Cscript is intended
for use within batch files. Exit codes are returned to batch files, hence,
cscript is the logical host that should return an exit code.

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