Photoshop 2017 - Sample jscript:
var app = new ActiveXObject("Photoshop.Application");
try
{
app.Open("path\to\file.psd");
WScript.Echo("OK");
}
catch(e)
{
WScript.Echo("Exception: " + e.message);
}
Throws an exception in Photoshop 2017. Works fine in previous versions.
OS: Windows 7 x64