DavidR
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Yes, that would open with notepad, but would stop any legitimate .vbs script from running.
By allowing script defender to intercept it and have you confirm it is ok to execute the script and script defender handing it off the the CScript.exe to be run.
If you want to examine the contents of the script (.vbs) file you can press the Shift key and Right click on the file, This will usually give you the Open With option, from here you can select your text editor of choice.