Error=2 in jre1.6.0_07 when calling cmd /c -- Windows 2003 server 5.2

Question

Must be very simple. Although, I do not where else to check.
A java application allows opening the OS shell and executing programs. For Windows
(without further details) a "cmd /c" prefix is recomended in the config file. None
for Linux.
The application runs the shell from a path relative to its configurations file,
for which I have defined "../scripts".
Thus a .wsf script located at MyAppPath\scripts can be executed as "Cscript //NoLogo MyScript.wsf". It works OK under XP Profesional, Version 2002, Service Pack3, jre1.6.0_07, JAVA_HOME defined. The application log reports a proper application start up using Java VM 10.0b-23. and execute the shell as many times as called without any problem.
The applications works also fine for every aspect on Windows 2003 server 5.2, except for calling the os Shell. The following error is displayed:
Cannot run program "cmd /c Cscript //NoLogo Myscript.wsf" (in directory C:\MyAppPath\script"): CreateProcess error=2 the system can not find the file specified.
Of course, the file "Myscript.wsf" is there...
In both cases (XP and 2003), CompSpec is set to %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe and PATHEXT inlcudes ".WSF".
Any help will be most appreciated.

Answer 1

I have no experience with cscript, but by typing cscript in a command prompt i get:
Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.7
Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
Usage: CScript scriptname.extension [option...] [arguments...]
Options:
//B         Batch mode: Suppresses script errors and prompts from displaying
//D         Enable Active Debugging
//E:engine  Use engine for executing script
//H:CScript Changes the default script host to CScript.exe
//H:WScript Changes the default script host to WScript.exe (default)
//I         Interactive mode (default, opposite of //B)
//Job:xxxx  Execute a WSF job
//Logo      Display logo (default)
//Nologo    Prevent logo display: No banner will be shown at execution time
//S         Save current command line options for this user
//T:nn      Time out in seconds:  Maximum time a script is permitted to run
//X         Execute script in debugger
//U         Use Unicode for redirected I/O from the consoleDoesn't this mean that the script file name should come before the option (//Nologo)?
I run XP SP 3.