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Stuck without a script Editor? Try MSE7.EXE

 

I sometimes have to work in environments where I have to use the customer’s PC instead of my laptop.  This can be quite frustrating as my laptop is quite heavily customised and has all the tools that I need.  One thing I find problematic is having to work with scripts (especially VBScript) without a decent script editor.  Notepad doesn’t really cut the mustard. :-)

If the PC I am assigned to has Office installed I usually fire up the Microsoft Script Editor (MSE7.EXE) when working with scripts.  This underutilised editor has a sufficiently rich set of features to make working with VBScript a comfortable experience.

The Microsoft Script Editor is normally installed by default with Office 2007, but is not reachable directly from the Start -> All Programs -> Microsoft Office menu.  Instead, you can usually find it by searching for MSE7.EXE on the local drives.  On the machine I am working on now, it is installed in the following location:

%programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\MSE7.EXE

 

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5 Comments so far

  1. Peter on October 11th, 2008

    Thank You for posting this. It is hard to locate this darn file if you did not know where it was located. I was just about to search for MSE?.exe when I found your information. This is useful for quick work with VBS scripts.

  2. Tony Murray on November 25th, 2008

    Be aware that when running a 64bit version of Vista (or Windows Server 2008), the path will be:

    %programfiles(x86)%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\MSE7.EXE

    Tony

  3. carole on February 8th, 2009

    I am trying to edit my Outlook signature to include an HTML link to my fund raising site i have the instructions to opy and pastethe hTMl code into my signature and the picture of the badge will appear. However this needs MS Script Editor and although I followed the file path givn here I still cannot fid Script Editor. I am running Office 2007 with Vista and have spent God knows how many hours on this! any ideas? Thanks a million

  4. Tony on February 9th, 2009

    Could you not create the HTML signature using MS Word? Word gives you option to “Save as” in HTML format.

  5. Daniel on April 16th, 2009

    Thank you SO MUCH! I was going crazy, I couldn’t find it!

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