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Everytime i try to compile the script, it says: Error: Error opening destination file

..i thought it was a vista thing, so i tried it on XP and it did the exact same thing.

close the running program before compiling
or move the script to another directory to compile

I also get this on Vista, 7, and XP, but it is due to AVG Free, I can compile just fine with AVG disabled or on a system without real time virus protection.

Having the script running while trying to compile it will sometimes result in this, but I get it 100% of the time with AVG running and NO ahk scripts running.

Also I've had trouble before where i tried to replace a EXE file and kept having trouble. To fix that, close the ahk2exe and manually delete the unwanted EXE before trying again. Though more often than not it was due to AVG of some kind. Sometimes it will work better if you remove UPX from the compiling directory, as that will just keep it from being compressed and will not effect the final executable.

thanks, i disabled avg and it worked. ..is it necessary to compile before running btw?

It is only required if you wish to run the script on a system that does not have AHK installed.