Vista - write unicode?? for FSO

I have a script I'm trying to use for starting NTBackup with different
backup settings (*.bks file) each day. I need to write the bks file from my
script before I call NTBackup. It appears the bks file is Unicode but when I
write Unicode with objFSO.CreateTextFile(sFolderPathspec & "\Backup.bks",
True, True).WriteLine "....." the file gets two extra bytes, FF FE, at the
beginning of the file which seem to interfere with NTBackup reading that
file. Does anyone know how I can write the file in the same format NTBackup
does when saving its settings?

thanks
LJB

"LJB" <dustyb@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:GHd3l.11106$c45.9631@xxxxxxWelcome to the world of ntbackup!
The following code snippet will read a binary file, then write the data to
another binary file. All you need to do is precede sString with $FF$FE
before writing the output file.
Set oInputFile = oFSO.GetFile(sInputName)
Set oOutputFile = oFSO.OpenTextFile(sOutputName, 2, True)
Set oData = oInputFile.OpenAsTextStream
sString = oData.Read(oInputFile.Size)
oOutputFile.Write(sString)

"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23oIFST0YJHA.6108@xxxxxxActually I need to remove the existing $FF$FE. The following worked.

Set oInputFile = objFSO.GetFile(sFolderPathspec & "\Backup.bks")
Set oData = oInputFile.OpenAsTextStream
sString = oData.Read(oInputFile.Size)
Set oOutputFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(sFolderPathspec & "\Backup.bks", 2,
True)
oOutputFile.Write(mid(sString,3))

thanks

"LJB" <xyz@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:XTu3l.10015$Ei5.6203@xxxxxxThanks for the feedback.