Problems with runfile using hta html

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  •  18-10-2022
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Question

I have this hta script and when i run it i get an error saying "RunFile1 is not defined"can any one help me fix this. Thanks.

My code:

<body background = "Image.png">
<TITLE>Test GUI</TITLE>
    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        function RunFile() {
        WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        WshShell.Run("c:/windows/system32/notepad.exe", 1, false);
        }
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        function RunFile2() {
        WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        WshShell.Run("c:/windows/system32/cmd.exe", 1, false);
        }
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        function RunFile3() {
        WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        WshShell.Run("c:/windows/system32/regedit.exe", 1, false);
        }
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        function RunFile4() {
        WshShell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell");
        WshShell.Run("H:\MY GUI 2.hta", 1, false);
        }
    </script>
<input type="button" value="Option 1 (notepad.exe)" name="run_button"  onClick="RunFile()"><p>
<input type="button" value="Option 2 (cmd.exe)" name="run_button"  onClick="RunFile2()"><p> 
<input type="button" value="Option 3 (regedit.exe)" name="run_button"  onClick="RunFile3()"><p> 
<input type="button" value="Option 4"(hta-file.hta)" name="run_button"  onClick="RunFile4()"><p>
<input type="button" value="Option 5" name="run_button"  onClick="TestSub"><p> 
<input type="button" value="Option 6" name="run_button"  onClick="TestSub"><p> 
<input type="button" value="Option 7" name="run_button"  onClick="TestSub"><p> 
<input type="button" value="Option 8" name="run_button"  onClick="TestSub"><p> 
<input type="button" value="Option 9" name="run_button"  onClick="TestSub"><p> 
<input type="button" value="Option 10" name="run_button"  onClick="TestSub"><p> 
</body>

Thanks for any help.

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Solution

You've functions RunFile(), RunFile2(), ... RunFile4(), but not RunFile1(). You'll get also an error from RunFile4(), you need to escape backslashes and wrap a space(s)-containing string into double quotes, i.e. the first argument in Run() should be '"H:\\MY GUI 2.hta"'.

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