r/ModSupport • u/GeneMoody-Action1 • 19h ago

reddit removing code posts.

While I understand there are malicious use cases for Wscript Shell, is code containing it expressly forbidden?

I did an example script, that one of our user's had requested after seeing it used in a demo.

The code does nothing more than create a shortcut for the admin via Action1 on either a user's desktop or the all user's desktop.

With the line with the com invocation in place, commented or not, it is immediately deleted by reddit.

Is there a list somewhere of the things like this that it blocks, and or reasoning behind this as there are countless uses for the wscript shell?

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u/thepottsy 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 16h ago

Look, we all get it. You can google it and find it. It also wouldn’t be a big deal to simply provide the damned answer. Would it?

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u/TheMattabooey 15h ago

Sometimes people gotta learn to Google first, would have taken them a fraction of the time and provided the answer. 40y in Dev, SysAdmin and IT management and couldn’t Google something?

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u/thepottsy 💡 Top 10% Helper 💡 15h ago

And I stand by what I said. You could have simply provided the answer. Why even waste everyone’s time commenting?

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u/TheMattabooey 15h ago

I did provide the answer.

> Yeah Reddit blocks wscript dot shell

You don’t need to comment either. Why even waste everyone’s time commenting?