Attachments-wmi.vbs
By The Scripting Guys, Microsoft Corporation
This script turns off or on attachment restrictions for Outlook Express by editing the registry, using the WMI System Registry provider. It can run against a local or remote computer.
Attachments-wmi.vbs corresponds to Attachments.vbs, one of the scripts that ships with Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and which are documented in the Appendix. You can download a Windows Installer (.msi) file that installs the Guide and its associated scripts from:
To use the script, copy the code, paste it into Notepad, and then save the script as Attachments-wmi.vbs. To run the script, open a command prompt window to the directory of the script and type:
cscript attachments-wmi.vbs
If the default script host on the computer is Cscript.exe, the initial "cscript" may be omitted.
Script Code
'******************************************************************************
'Attachments-wmi.vbs
'Author: Peter Costantini, the Microsoft Scripting Guys
'Date: 8/24/04
'Revision 1.0
'This script edits the registry to turn off or on attachment restrictions
'for Outlook Express. Edit intValue in the SetValue subroutine:
'1 turns restrictions on.
'0 turns restrictions off.
'******************************************************************************
On Error Resume Next
'Global constants and variables
Const HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
strComputer = "." ' Can be changed to name of remote computer.
g_strKeyPath = "Identities"
'Connect with WMI service and StdRegProv class.
Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
If Err = 0 Then
g_strID = GetID
If IsEmpty(g_strID) Then
WScript.Echo "ERROR: Unable to obtain default user ID."
Else
SetValue
End If
Else
WScript.Echo "ERROR: Unable to connect to WMI StdRegProv on " & _
strComputer & "."
WScript.Echo " Error Number:" & Err.Number
WScript.Echo " Source:" & Err.Source
WScript.Echo " Description:" & Err.Description
End If
Err.Clear
'******************************************************************************
Function GetID
'Local variables
strEntryName1 = "Default User ID"
intReturn = objReg.GetStringValue(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, g_strKeyPath, _
strEntryName1, strValue)
If intReturn = 0 Then
GetID = strValue
Else
GetID = ""
End If
End Function
'******************************************************************************
Sub SetValue
'Local variables
strKeyPath2 = g_strKeyPath & "\" & g_strID & "\Software\Microsoft" & _
"\Outlook Express\5.0\Mail"
strEntryName2 = "Safe Attachments"
'Edit intValue to turn restrictions on (1) or off (0)
intValue = 0
intReturn = objReg.SetDWORDValue(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyPath2, _
strEntryName2, intValue)
If intReturn = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Changed value of " & strEntryName2 & " to " & intValue & "."
If intValue = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Turned attachment restrictions off."
Else
WScript.Echo "Turned attachment restrictions on."
End If
Else
WScript.Echo "ERROR: Unable to change value of " & strEntryName2 & "."
End If
End Sub
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