Running VBScript in 32-bit mode on a 64-bit Windows machine

I have a legacy VBScript program that has been recently been migrated to a new 64-bit Windows server by a system administrator due to a policy set by a higher power. By default, VBScript executed in 64-bit Windows automatically runs as a 64-bit program. Because I have reasons to have this program run in 32-bit mode, I modified my batch file to execute my program in a different way.

This is the BEFORE picture. When this batch file is run in 64-bit Windows, it will execute in 64-bit mode.

time /t
cscript ThisIsMyVbscriptProgram.vbs
time /t

Below is the AFTER picture. Note that I am passing my script into a new command prompt environment in the Windows SYSWOW64 folder; this new environment is strictly in 32-bit mode.

time /t
%WINDIR%SYSWOW64cmd.exe /c cscript ThisIsMyVbscriptProgram.vbs
time /t

As a side note: WOW stands for “Windows on Windows”.