Windows: Disable Script Host - more protection in everyday life

The Script Host is used in Windows to execute and manage JavaScript and other similar files. However, since certain web pages also use JavaScript, running them makes you an easy target for viruses of any kind. For this reason, you can simply disable the host.

Disable Windows Script Host: How to turn it on

Disabling Script Host has no disadvantages for you at first. However, by disabling it, you are safer on the Internet.

1. Use the key combination [Win] + [R] to start "Run".
2. Now enter [regedit] in the text field and then confirm with [Enter].
3. Now you have to navigate through the individual directories on the left and look for [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings].
4. There now click on the right side of the window on an empty space with right mouse button.
5. Select "New" and then "DWORD value (3s-bit)". Make sure that the value [0] is set.
6. If you now want to start JS or VBS files, Windows prevents this intention.

Enable Windows Script Host again

1. Of course, it can also happen in everyday life that JS or VBS files should be executed.
2. Dazu müssen Sie lediglich die gerade eingestellte Option in der Registry abändern.
3. Navigieren Sie zum oben beschriebenen Pfad und ändern Sie Ihren eigenen Eintrag auf den Wert [1].