<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body smarttemplateinserted="true" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/14/2016 11:29 AM, Jason Marshall wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:LO1P123MB00842B2B8220126BA13555CFFF9A0@LO1P123MB0084.GBRP123.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM" type="cite"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 13/12/2016 08:00, Yossi Zahn wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:9ec589b1-bf71-4ea2-3e2f-b1c565f63447@okmail.co.il" type="cite"> AFAIK the windows scripting host does not require .net framework at all. Do you get the same error when creating a text file containing the following single line: var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject"); and running it as such: cscript /e:javascript path/to/file </blockquote> I have created a text file test script in compliance with your instructions and called 'cscript' by directly defining the script engine using the '/e:javascript' parameter. The call and output are as follows, but it seems that despite using the parameter, the same error arises as with the build: Jason and Emma@JasonandEmma-PC ~ $ cscript /e:javascript scripttest.txt Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\cygwin\home\Jason and Emma\scripttest.txt(1, 1) Microsoft JScript runtime error: Automation server can't create object I guess that this would imply an issue with my individual set-up, as it seems that the use of the parameter that you and Thorsten have identified would work in the majority of cases. Would anybody know what may have prevented this from working? </blockquote> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25922368/activexobject-creation-error-automation-server-cant-create-object-on-windows">http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25922368/activexobject-creation-error-automation-server-cant-create-object-on-windows</a> Note the comments for the question on the link. I have checked, and at least my registry has this: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Classes\CLSID\{0D43FE01-F093-11CF-8940-00A0C9054228}\InprocServer32] @="C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\scrrun.dll" "ThreadingModel"="Both" Checked with both 32-bit and 64-bit regedit (to make sure that path substitution doesn't change values). <div class="moz-signature">-- Best regards, Mike Kaganski</div> </body> </html>