CScript Error: Can't change default script host

Question

On Windows 11, having registered wscript.exe as the default script host for running scripts, by using

/h:wscript on the command line like this:

       wscript /h:wscript xyz.wsf

I find I now cannot change the default script host. I want to register cscript.exe as the default script host for running script, but windows won't let me.

       C:\junk>cscript /h:cscript xyz.wsf

       Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812

       Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

       CScript Error: Can't change default script host.

Answer 1

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I fixed the problem, it is not actually a problem, just user ignorance. To change the default host you need to be running CMD with admin privileges.

Here is the simplest way to set the default script host:

Open CMD "run as Administrator" and execute "cscript /h:cscript".

 C:\Windows\System32>cscript /h:cscript

 Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.812

 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

 The default script host is now set to "cscript.exe".