VBScript Using Computername to Name a File - vbscript

New to VBScript and having a problem grasping this concept.
This is the code:
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strCompName = WshNetwork.Computername
Wscript.Echo WshNetwork.Username >j:\strCompName.txt
WScript.Quit()
Basically I want to the username dumped to a text file and the text file should be named with the name of the computer. I've tried putting the strCompName in quotes, single quotes, parenthesis with no success.

Here is the code that you can use. You need to use FileSystemObject. The FileSystemObject is used to gain access to a computer's file system. It can create new files and access existing ones.
Set WshNetwork = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Network")
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strCompName = WshNetwork.Computername
'writing to file
outFile="c:\TEMP\" & strCompName & ".txt"
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(outFile,True)
objFile.Write WshNetwork.Username & vbCrLf
objFile.Close
Set objFile = Nothing
Set objFSO = Nothing
Set WshNetwork = Nothing
WScript.Quit()
Save this in .vbs file and run and you will get a text file with computer name in TEMP folder (Change the path if you like).

This code should work. This code opens the file and appends it if the file exists or creates a file and writed to it if it does not exist.
'constants
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
Const TristateUseDefault = -2, TristateTrue = -1, TristateFalse = 0
'Load domain, username, & computer variables
Set oShell = CreateObject( "WScript.Shell" )
sDomain = oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings( "%USERDOMAIN%" )
sUserName = oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings( "%USERNAME%" )
sComputer = oShell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings( "%COMPUTERNAME%" )
'Setup filesystemobject
Set oFSO=CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Check to see if file exists. If exists open it forAppending
'else create file and write to it.
outFile="c:\export\" & sComputer & ".txt"
If oFSO.FileExists(outFile) Then
Set objFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(outFile, ForAppending, True, TristateTrue)
Else
Set objFile = oFSO.CreateTextFile(outFile,True)
End If
'write to file
objFile.WriteLine sDomain & "\" & sUsername & " - " & Now
'clean up objects
objFile.Close
Set objFile = Nothing
Set oFSO = Nothing
Set oShell = Nothing

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backup only some files using vbs [duplicate]

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Copy a file from one folder to another using vbscripting
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I want to make an automatic backup of my excel files using vbscript.
It works to copy the entire folder but I want to copy only the xlsx files.
Here is the code until now:
Dim objFSO, objFolder, evrFiles
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set evrFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each evrFile in evrFiles
If InStr(1, evrFile.Name, ".xlsx", vbBinaryCompare) > 0 Then
objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Users\Home\Desktop\vbs\" & evrFile.Name, "E:\test2"
End If
Next
WScript.Quit
It throws error on line 5 char 1 "Object required: " "
Any ideas?
LE: I have also tried:
Dim objFSO, objFolder
Set wshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strUser = wshNetwork.Username
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder("C:\Users\" & strUser & "\Desktop\vbs")
Set evrFiles = objFolder.Files
For Each evrFile in evrFiles
If InStr(1, evrFile.Name, ".xlsx", vbBinaryCompare) > 0 Then
objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Users\" & strUser & "\Desktop\vbs\" & evrFile.Name, "E:\test2"
End If
Next
WScript.Quit
But this one gives me "Permission denied on line 9 char 3"
This one works(to copy the entire folder) but I want only the excel files.
Dim objFSO
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set wshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strUser = wshNetwork.Username
objFSO.CopyFolder"C:\Users\" & strUser & "\Desktop\vbs","E:\test2"
You dont need to iterrate each file, you could do something like:
Dim objFSO
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set wshNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
strUser = wshNetwork.Username
objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Users\" & strUser & "\Desktop\vbs\*.xlsx", "E:\test2\"
You may also want to set the overwrite flag when doing the copy, it there will be existing files already in the destination folder.
objFSO.CopyFile "C:\Users\" & strUser & "\Desktop\vbs\*.xlsx","E:\test2", True

variable isnt updating as the code loops through

Ive written some code that loops through text files in a folder and updates them with an addiotnal header "TREATMENT_CODE" and then appends a code to the end of each line within each text file. The code is taken from the txt file name. Ive set this as a variable called TCode. The problem Im having is that the TCode variable isn't changing after the first loop through. Can anybody help? Thanks
Please excuse all of the msgbox lines, just me using them to figure out whats going on.
Code:
Option Explicit
Dim FSO, FLD, FIL, TS
Dim strFolder, strContent, strPath, FileName, PosA, TCode, rfile, Temp, dataToAppend, fulldata, wfile, TempArr, i
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2, ForAppending = 8
'Change as needed - this names a folder at the same location as this script
strFolder = "C:\Users\User1\OneDrive - Company/Documents\Temporary_delete_every_month\CRM_combiner_macro\Looping_test\files to amend"
'Create the filesystem object
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Get a reference to the folder you want to search
set FLD = FSO.GetFolder(strFolder)
'loop through the folder and get the file names
For Each Fil In FLD.Files
'MsgBox Fil.Path
'If UCase(FSO.GetExtensionName(Fil.Name)) = ".txt" Then
strPath = Fil.Path
'msgbox strPath
'strPath = Replace(strPath,"""","")
'msgbox strPath
posA = InStrRev(strPath, "\") +1
TCode = "|" & Mid(strPath, posA, 11)
msgbox "this is TCode " & TCode
Set fso = CreateObject("scripting.filesystemobject")
'msgbox "next file to amend" & strPath
Set rfile = fso.OpenTextFile(strPath, ForReading) 'File opened in Read-only mode
While Not rfile.AtEndOfStream
temp=rfile.ReadLine()
If rfile.Line=2 Then
dataToAppend = "|TREATMENTCODE"
ElseIf rfile.Line=3 Then
dataToAppend = TCode
End If
fulldata = fulldata & temp & dataToAppend & "|||"
Wend
rfile.Close
fulldata = Left(fulldata,Len(fulldata)-2)
Set wfile = fso.OpenTextFile(strPath, ForWriting) 'File opened in write mode
tempArr = Split(fulldata,"|||")
For i=0 To UBound(tempArr)
wfile.WriteLine tempArr(i)
Next
wfile.Close
Set fso= Nothing
'End If
'Clean up
Set TS = Nothing
Set FLD = Nothing
Set FSO = Nothing
set rfile = Nothing
set wfile = Nothing
set tempArr = Nothing
set Temp = Nothing
set TCode = Nothing
Next
MsgBox "Done!"

Prepend text to Text file using VBScript

I have this script to allow me to insert text into a text file but I need it to be at the start of the text file. This script currently adds this to the end of the .txt file.
And I am new to trying these things out myself
Option Explicit
Dim objFSO, objFolder, objShell, objTextFile, objFile
Dim strDirectory, strFile, strText
strDirectory = "c:\scripts"
strFile = "\csv.txt"
strText = "sep=|"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strDirectory)
WScript.Echo "Just created " & strDirectory
End If
If objFSO.FileExists(strDirectory & strFile) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strDirectory & strFile)
Wscript.Echo "Just created " & strDirectory & strFile
End If
set objFile = nothing
set objFolder = nothing
Const ForAppending = 8
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile _
(strDirectory & strFile, ForAppending, True)
objTextFile.WriteLine(strText)
objTextFile.Close
WScript.Quit
You can read the file's content into a string, add your string in front of that and write everything back to the same file.
Dim sFileText
Dim sPrependText
Const ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
' Open file For Reading and Read All content to a variable
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strDirectory & strFile, ForReading, True)
sFileText = objTextFile.ReadAll
objTextFile.Close
' Prepend text in front of file's content
sPrependText = "sep=|"
sFileText = sPrependText & sFileText
' Open file For Writing and write text variable
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile (strDirectory & strFile, ForWriting, True)
objTextFile.Write sFileText
objTextFile.Close

what is the best way to get the pst file sizes

Could someone please suggest the best way to grab the pst file sizes and write them out to the same text file next to the pst path.
Could someone please suggest the best way to grab the pst file sizes and write them out to the same text file next to the pst path.
Dim objNetworkSet, objFSO, objFolder, objShell, objTextFile, objFile, objWMISysEnv,ObjItem, objTextFileUNC
Dim strHomePath, strDirectory, strFile, strText, strComputerName,strDirectoryUNC,strFileUNC
dim colItems
On Error Resume Next
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set objNS = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
objNS.Logon "Mike", "" , False, True
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set wshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
' Setting file names
strDirectory = "C:\Export"
strFile = "\" & ObjNetwork.Username & "-" & ObjNetwork.ComputerName & "-PST-Files.txt"
' Check to see if the file already exists exists
If objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strDirectory)
End If
If objFSO.FileExists(strDirectory & strFile) Then
Set objFolder2 = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strDirectory & strFile)
objFile.Close
End If
' OpenTextFile Method needs a Const value
' ForAppending = 8 ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
Const ForAppending = 8
' Opening text file
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strDirectory & strFile, ForAppending, True)
For Each objFolder2 In objNS.Folders
objTextFile.WriteLine(GetPSTpath(objFolder2.StoreID))
Next
Function GetPSTPath(input)
For i = 1 To Len(input) Step 2
strSubString = Mid(input,i,2)
If Not strSubString = "00" Then strPath = strPath & ChrW("&H" & strSubString)
Next
Select Case True
Case InStr(strPath,":\") > 0
GetPSTPath = Mid(strPath,InStr(strPath,":\")-1)
Case InStr(strPath,"\\") > 0
GetPSTPath = Mid(strPath,InStr(strPath,"\\"))
End Select
End Function
If your GetPSTPath() function is returning the proper paths to the files you seek, and you just want to write the file sizes along with the file paths, you can do this:
For Each objFolder2 In objNS.Folders
' Get the file path...
strPath = GetPSTpath(objFolder2.StoreID)
' Get the file's size...
intSize = objFSO.GetFile(strPath).Size
' Write both pieces of information to the output file...
objTextFile.WriteLine strPath & " = " & intSize
Next
Thanks for your help and suggestions. I came up with the following which grabs the users default Outlook profile launches Outlook, verifies the attached PSTs then outs to file, including username, PST location and size. The .MDC files are excluded which relate to Enterprise Vault local cache.
Dim objNetworkSet, objFSO, objFolder, objShell, objTextFile, objFile, objWMISysEnv,ObjItem, objTextFileUNC
Dim strHomePath, strDirectory, strFile, strText, strComputerName,strDirectoryUNC,strFileUNC
dim colItems
'On Error Resume Next
Set objNetwork = CreateObject("WScript.Network")
Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set objNS = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set WSHShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
DefaultOutlookProfile = WSHShell.RegRead("HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\DefaultProfile")
'MsgBox("DefaultOutlookProfile: " & DefaultOutlookProfile)
objNS.Logon DefaultOutlookProfile, "", False, True
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
' Setting file names
strDirectory = "\\NetworkShare\pstlog\"
strFile = ObjNetwork.Username & "-" & ObjNetwork.ComputerName & "-PST-Files.txt"
' Check to see if the file already exists exists
If objFSO.FolderExists(strDirectory) Then
Set objFolder = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFolder = objFSO.CreateFolder(strDirectory)
End If
If objFSO.FileExists(strDirectory & strFile) Then
Set objFolder2 = objFSO.GetFolder(strDirectory)
Else
Set objFile = objFSO.CreateTextFile(strDirectory & strFile)
objFile.Close
End If
' OpenTextFile Method needs a Const value
' ForAppending = 8 ForReading = 1, ForWriting = 2
Const ForWriting = 2
' Opening text file
Set objTextFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strDirectory & strFile, ForWriting, True)
For Each strNS In objNS.Folders
'objTextFile.WriteLine(GetPSTpath(strNS.StoreID))
strPath2 = GetPSTpath(strNS.StoreID)
'MsgBox("strPath2: " & strPath2)
If Not strPath2 = "" And Not Right(strPath2, 4) = ".mdc" Then
' Get the file's size...
intSize = FormatNumber((objFSO.GetFile(strPath2).Size/1048576), 2) & " MB"
'intSize = intSize/1024 & " MB"
' Write both pieces of information to the output file...
objTextFile.WriteLine(ObjNetwork.Username & ", " & strPath2 & ", " & intSize)
End If
Next
Public Function GetPSTPath(input)
For i = 1 To Len(input) Step 2
strSubString = Mid(input,i,2)
If Not strSubString = "00" Then strPath = strPath & ChrW("&H" & strSubString)
Next
Select Case True
Case InStr(strPath,":\") > 0
GetPSTPath = Mid(strPath,InStr(strPath,":\")-1)
Case InStr(strPath,"\\") > 0
GetPSTPath = Mid(strPath,InStr(strPath,"\\"))
End Select
End Function
If err.number = vbEmpty then
Else WScript.echo "VBScript Error: " & err.number
End If

I am trying to find specific links on users desktops and create a file logging the results

I have used similar before and I have local admin rights on every computer in our network. The following code generates an error on line 16 char 1.
line 16 For Each objsubfolder In objFSO.GetFolder("\" & strComputer & "%HOMEPATH%").subfolders
If the file exists it should write a line in the text file to indicate so for each user with a profile. If the file doesn't exist is should write a line in the same text file.
The error I get is Path not found 800A004C.
The computers.txt file contains a list of all the computers I want to check.
InputFile = "computers.txt"
Const DeleteReadOnly = True
Const ForAppending = 8
Dim goFS : Set goFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim gsLog : gsLog = ".\logdemo.log"
WScript.Echo gsLog, "exists:", CStr(goFS.FileExists(gsLog))
' .OpenTextFile(filename[, iomode[, create[, format]]])
Dim goLog : Set goLog = goFS.OpenTextFile(gsLog, ForAppending, True)
goLog.WriteLine Now & " start"
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(InputFile)
Do While Not (objFile.AtEndOfStream)
strComputer = objFile.ReadLine
For Each objsubfolder In objFSO.GetFolder("\\" & strComputer & "%HOMEPATH%").subfolders
If objFSO.FileExists(objsubfolder.Path & "\desktop\program1.LNK") Then
golog.WriteLine Join(Array(Now, strComputer, objsubfolder, "This Computer has Program 1"))
Else
golog.WriteLine Join(Array(Now, strComputer, objsubfolder, "None"))
End If
Next
Loop
golog.WriteLine Now & " End"
golog.WriteLine "-----------------------------------------------------------"
golog.Close
MsgBox "Done"
To prove that the FSO does not expand environment strings automagically:
Dim oFS : Set oFS = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Dim oWS : Set oWS = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Dim sPath
sPath = "%windir%\addins"
WScript.Echo qq(sPath), CStr(oFS.FolderExists(sPath))
sPath = oWS.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%windir%\addins")
WScript.Echo qq(sPath), CStr(oFS.FolderExists(sPath))
output:
"%windir%\addins" False
"C:\WINDOWS\addins" True
So put some work into feeding a valid path to .GetFolder().

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