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quest
PostPosted: March 2nd, 2006, 8:05 pm 
How do I install my ahk exe in another computer's startup folder directly upon executing it from anywhere. Like using fileinstall or something. I will email my executable and when they open it, I want it to cpoy itself to their startup folder. Does the startup folder reside in the same location for all Win OS's?


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SKAN
PostPosted: March 2nd, 2006, 8:42 pm 
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Dear quest,

you may try this

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StartupFolder= %A_StartMenucommon%\Programs\Startup
if A_scriptDir != %StartupFolder%
FileCopy, %A_ScriptFullpath%, %StartupFolder%

;Rest of your code from here



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PostPosted: March 2nd, 2006, 9:29 pm 
For known (security) reason any usefull mail program will block such an effort. Kinda super suspicious request :evil:


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PostPosted: March 2nd, 2006, 10:08 pm 
Thanks you goyyah.


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For known (security) reason any usefull mail program will block such an effort. Kinda super suspicious request


Why is sending my ahk.exe suspicious... I thought thats why the capabiltly is there, so ahk doesnt need to be installed on the computer that will be running the script. Automation: users do not even have to launch the script...already launched when the computer gets turned on... isnt this the point?

anyway thank you for your concern, but when emailing, i take off the extension, then rename it on the other side... which would defeat the purpose of having total automation, but i requested this because i didnt know if all OS's kept the startup folder in the same place.


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PostPosted: March 2nd, 2006, 10:20 pm 
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Or use this:
A_StartupCommon: The full path and name of the Startup folder in the all-users Start Menu.
(This directory will not be the same in every OS language)


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PostPosted: March 3rd, 2006, 5:35 am 
Peter wrote:
Or use this:
A_StartupCommon: The full path and name of the Startup folder in the all-users Start Menu.
(This directory will not be the same in every OS language)


    :oops: I overlooked it :!:


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StartupFolder= %A_Startupcommon%\Programs\Startup
if A_scriptDir != %StartupFolder%
FileCopy, %A_ScriptFullpath%, %StartupFolder%

;Rest of your code from here


Thanks Peter, :)


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PostPosted: March 3rd, 2006, 3:34 pm 
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Uh? No! Drop the StartupFolder variable init (first line) and replace it with A_StartupCommon...

Note: I understand BoBo's concern, a malicious program may want to do that... But there are legitimate uses, of course.

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PostPosted: March 3rd, 2006, 9:18 pm 
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Code:
if A_scriptDir != %A_StartupCommon%
FileCopy, %A_ScriptFullpath%, %A_StartupCommon%


@PhiLho: Thanks! :)
@Goyyah: You're DUMB! :shock:

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PostPosted: March 4th, 2006, 12:33 am 
Thanks everyone. Quick follow-up question, just for my own learning, what does != do? Ive never seen this yet in ahk. Im thinking same as <> ?


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if A_scriptDir != %A_StartupCommon%


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Correct, it's just an alternative syntax (it's in the help file somewhere). The exclamation mark is a logical "not". I prefer this syntax myself as it translates more logically (in my mind).


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PostPosted: March 4th, 2006, 1:26 am 
thanks for the clarification Evl.


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Dear quest,

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= == <> !=
Equal, case-sensitive-equal, and not-equal. The operators != and <> are identical in function. The == operator behaves identically to = except when either of the inputs is not a number, in which case == is always case sensitive and = is always case insensitive. By contrast, <> and != obey StringCaseSense. Note: A quoted literal string such as "55" is always considered non-numeric in this context.


I am used to != in a different programming language and so I've been sticking to it.

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