The best replacement for vbscript is javascript.

The best alternatives to vbscript are rated as following:
★★★★★  javascript
★★★★★  powershell
★★★  visual basic
★★★  jscript
★★★  vba
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★  operator example
★  vb.net
★  batch file
★  perl
★  batch
★  powershell script
  autoit
  asp
  batch script
  vb6
  winbatch
  batch files
  kixtart

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Speaking about vbscript, one probably shouldn't forget about html.

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