ini.exe prog may be used to access ini files from vbscript level. It uses native Windows api.

Download

• ini.c
  
• ini.exe - 32-bit executable by mingw
• md5sum:

  2e778369c063e1af21051a08bfa755be *ini.c
  7124e065bf199644a9bc55a3797a2c60 *ini.exe

See also my answer to stackoverflow question: Vbscript - Read ini or text file for specific section