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title: "What is hta extension?"  
description: "What is hta extension?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-08-24  
updated: 2020-09-15  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/1162/what-is-hta-extension  
category: "vb script"  
tags: ["vb script"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is hta extension?

**.hta Extension** **\** .hta extension is used whenever you want to include a *VB script in HTML*. Here HTML acts as an interface and VB Script as the programming language. .hta extension files do run in the safe and trusted zone of Internet explorer. Although they run in the trusted zone querying is restricted as it has to pass the guidelines of internet explorer.

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

**.hta Extension** **\** .hta extension is used whenever you want to include a *VB script in HTML*. Here HTML acts as an interface and VB Script as the programming language. .hta extension files do run in the safe and trusted zone of Internet explorer. Although they run in the trusted zone querying is restricted as it has to pass the guidelines of internet explorer.


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