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[Guest]

I lost my script file .ahk, but the compiled .exe file is good. So how can I convert it back to script file, like Autoit 2, exe2aut.exe. Thanks a lot.

[ahk_man]

Hey, Good question! I wanted to ask the same question two days ago, but I forgot. I would love to hear it from the Xpert. Thank You.

[Chris]

It won't work unless you know the original password it was compiled with. Assuming you do know, I'll try to make a simple converter.

[ice]

good, thanks a lot. please let us know when you release the converter.

[Rajat]

though i can't help with that particular script, but it helps have this function in your scripts.

IfEqual, 1, password
{
FileInstall, scriptname, %a_scriptdir%\source.ahk
ExitApp
}
(scriptname is the name of the script which contains this code)
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[Chris]

That's a great tip, Rajat. Doing it that way also preserves your comments, since they are normally stripped when you compile the script. The only thing it won't do is automatically save copies of your #included files (if any).

[Rajat]

[Chris]

With help from Jon Bennett, I've created the exe2ahk utility. It's available at http://www.autohotkey.com/download/Exe2Ahk.exe and I will make mention of it in the help file too.

[Rajat]

I checked it on a no-pwd compiled script and it worked great!

kudos to you and Jon!


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[Rajat]

here's an easy way around:

IfEqual, 1, password
{
FileInstall, scriptname, %a_scriptdir%\source.ahk
FileInstall, includefile1, %a_scriptdir%\includefile1source.ahk
FileInstall, includefile2, %a_scriptdir%\includefile2source.ahk
ExitApp
}

useful if one wants to save the comments.
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[beardboy]

Tested on a password compiled script, and that also worked great. One note to users wanting to test this program, if a .AHK file already exists with the same name as the .EXE and you decompile the EXE with this utility it will overwrite the existing .AHK file.

thanks,
beardboy

[Chris]

[ice]

thank you all very much. it works well, and I got back my script files. It's really useful for me to do some automation PC support. I love it.

[delcolt]

im experiencing difficulties :S when i try to open the file, it goes black, like command prompt and then it says something and immediatly closes

[Rajat]

ahh, ppl are so used to GUI!

actually you've to use it from cmd prompt. try opening a cmd prompt and run it from there or drop exe2ahk on it and press enter in cmd prompt.
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