myActiveXObject = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");

You create a File object by using the ActiveX's GetFile() method:

myFile = myActiveXObject.GetFile("c:\\Autoexec.bat");

Here are the File object's properties:

Property	Description
Attributes	Refers to the file attributes
DateCreated	Returns the file's creation date
DateLastAccessed	Returns the file's last-accessed date
DateLastModified	Returns the file's last-modified date
Drive	Returns the file's letter drive
Name	Returns the file name
ParentFolder	Returns the file's parent folder name
Path	Returns the file's long path
ShortName	Returns the file's short name
ShortPath	Returns the file's short path
Size	Returns the file size
Type	Returns the file type

Here are the File object's methods:

Method	Description
Copy()	Copies the file from one folder to another
Delete()	Removes the file
Move()	Moves the file from one folder to another
OpenAsTextStream()	Opens the file as a text stream

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