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Error “There Is No Script Engine for File Extension” When Running .Vbs Files

© Ramesh Srinivasan | Windows Vista | 27th April 2008

If VBScript module is not registered correctly or .vbs file class settings are broken, you may receive one of the following errors when running a VBScript (.vbs) file in your system:

Can’t find script engine "VBScript" for script "filename.vbs".
There is no script engine for file extension ".vbs".

This error can be fixed using the steps listed below.

Step 1: Registering the vbscript.dll file

Open an elevated Command Prompt window. To do so, click Start, click All Programs, click Accessories, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator. Type the following command in the Command Prompt window, and press {ENTER}:

regsvr32 %systemroot%\system32\vbscript.dll

You should see the following message:

DllRegisterServer in vbscript.dll succeeded.

Step 2: Fixing the .VBS file association settings

Then, download and apply the .vbs association fix from our File association Fixes for Windows Vista page.

Editor’s note: If you experience this error in Windows XP system, see this article for instructions.

SEE ALSO

Error "There is no script engine for file extension" when running .js files in Windows XP/Vista

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4 Responses to “Error “There Is No Script Engine for File Extension” When Running .Vbs Files” Subscribe to comments!

  1. Lawrence Ward
    said this on Tuesday, July 7th 2009 8:56 pm

    @Dan E.
    i had same problem, and it occurred due to me having Notepad++ as default association for .vbs files. so maybe you have some program which is taking that association.

    you can see by opening
    explorer > tools > folder options… > file types

  2. Dan E.
    said this on Thursday, May 14th 2009 11:45 pm

    Did everything listed above and I still get the error ” There is no script engine for file extension “.vbs” Now what

  3. Martin Sarsini
    said this on Monday, November 24th 2008 4:10 pm

    Thank you, sometimes Windows messages are too much generic and not at all user friendly.

  4. Kapil
    said this on Thursday, May 22nd 2008 9:56 am

    Thanks a lot…
    That was helpful indeed!

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