Saving notepad file as a .vbs

Question

So I'm trying to save some code in notepad as a .vbs file but for some reason notepad keeps saving it to my desktop as a .txt, so I can't run the program.

I've tried every way of saving it, putting it in brackets when saving, giving it different names, completely deleting and redoing the code but it just won't save a .vbs executable.

Not sure if I've missed something simple, it had worked before and i'm not doing anything different.

Answer 1

You use quotes not brackets. You have file extensions hidden hence this behaviour.

Answer 2

When you save the file in the drop down list "Save As Type" select "All Files (.)"

Then in the "File name" make sure your file name ends with a .vbs extension.

If all else fails, you can also enable file extensions in windows explorer and manually edit the filename within the folder.