Portable Installation of AHK
Portable Installation of AHK
Hi,
I downloaded AHK 2.0.2 and the Portable option is showing but it's not allowing me to select it. What am I missing?
I downloaded AHK 2.0.2 and the Portable option is showing but it's not allowing me to select it. What am I missing?
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
Can you provide more details ? your question is not clear.
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
I want to install it on a Flash Drive as I can't install it on the system where I need to use it.
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
You can get the portable version from here: https://www.autohotkey.com/download/
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
Change the 'Install to' directory first, then 'Portable' can be selected.
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Re: Portable Installation of AHK
That is where I downloaded it from.Smile_ wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 16:39You can get the portable version from here: https://www.autohotkey.com/download/
I tried that. I also inserted the Flash drive and selecting it as the download path. Still nothing.
In theory, it shouldn't care where you install it... I work with Portable apps as much as possible even on my PC.
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
I don't know what you are trying to get from me?
As I have already replied, I have downloaded it from that site with that link. I have also tried previous 2.0.x versions in case there is something wrong with the latest version. No matter which 2.0.x version I use it doesn't work. As you can see from my previous screenshot it shows AHK 2.0.2, so I'm a bit confused as to where you are going with this.
These are the others I have tried (From the same site)...
- Downloaded from: https://www.autohotkey.com/download/
- Using the the option that you highlighted and underlined in red.
- Ran AutoHotKey 2.0.2
- Selected C:\... and also tried the Flash drive (D:\).
- Still no option to select 'Portable'
- Used Chrome to download
- On a Windows 10 OS
- Also tried it on 4 other Laptops and 1 PC
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
It shouldn't be an installer, it should be just a ZIP file where you get to extract it where ever you want.
And yes the portable option didn't work for me too.
And yes the portable option didn't work for me too.
Last edited by Smile_ on 20 Mar 2023, 08:42, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
this option isnt even implemented lol, so its no use pondering why it isnt working
https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkeyUX/blob/69d902c72c52b17256e71f0caf4726e90ca29762/ui-setup.ahk#L51
https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkeyUX/blob/69d902c72c52b17256e71f0caf4726e90ca29762/ui-setup.ahk#L51
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
Thank you, will give that a try. It's just misleading when the installer shows something that's not even implemented. Very misleading.
Thank you so much, that answers my question as to why it's not working.swagfag wrote: ↑20 Mar 2023, 06:55this option isnt even implemented lol, so its no use pondering why it isnt working
https://github.com/AutoHotkey/AutoHotkeyUX/blob/69d902c72c52b17256e71f0caf4726e90ca29762/ui-setup.ahk#L51
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Re: Portable Installation of AHK
I tried downloading from that location, and when I unzipped it (AutoHotkey_2.0.2.zip), it didn't seem to include the entire contents... only the following filesSmile_ wrote: ↑19 Mar 2023, 16:39You can get the portable version from here: https://www.autohotkey.com/download/
AutoHotKey (helpfile)
AutoHotkey32 (neither of these will open, "Script not found")
AutoHotkey64 (neither of these will open, "Script not found")
Install (installer, which I can't use since I'm on a work machine, locked down)
license
WindowSpy (text file)
UX Folder (full of various text files)
I'm on a work-machine, and our Administrator has all permissions locked down hard (and is in another state)...so getting them unlocked is practically impossible.
ANY installation is impossible, as soon as you start the installation process it says "Nope", you don't even get to that window where you get to choose where you want to put it.
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
@TheLandYacht drag and drop an .ahk script file on the AutoHotkey64.exe to run the script.
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
When you open "AutoHotkey32.exe", it expects to have your script under the name of "AutoHotkey32.ahk" at the same directory, otherwise you must specify your script path as it is documented here. (Same thing with AutoHotkey64.exe)AutoHotkey32 (neither of these will open, "Script not found")
AutoHotkey64 (neither of these will open, "Script not found")
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
What says "nope"?ANY installation is impossible, as soon as you start the installation process it says "Nope",
The installer is just a compiled AutoHotkey script. It should not require any special permissions to show the installer GUI.
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Re: Portable Installation of AHK
Windows itself (on the work machine) is locked down against any sorts of installations that require access, such as installers.
So...as soon as I start the installer, Windows pops up a message that says "Contact your System administrator for permission"
Basically a great big "NOPE!"
Re: Portable Installation of AHK
@TheLandYacht
Many applications create or copy files into directories that the user owns. Many applications write to registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, such as whenever you change persistent settings in various applications. There can be fundamentally no difference between a user mode installer and an application which does these things. Even explorer.exe does these things (at the behest of the user).
However, I realized that the system may simply be detecting the word "installer" in the file description or "setup" in the name.
There is nothing that you can do with setup.exe that you can't do with AutoHotkey32.exe, because setup.exe is just a compiled script. The installer does not need to be compiled to run it. The non-compiled installer and everything else contained by setup.exe is included in the zip download.
Unless system policy blocks you from executing batch scripts, you can just run Install.cmd from the zip download.
If that is blocked, just drag-drop UX\ui-setup.ahk onto AutoHotkey32.exe. Do not move the file out of the UX sub-directory.
Many applications create or copy files into directories that the user owns. Many applications write to registry keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, such as whenever you change persistent settings in various applications. There can be fundamentally no difference between a user mode installer and an application which does these things. Even explorer.exe does these things (at the behest of the user).
However, I realized that the system may simply be detecting the word "installer" in the file description or "setup" in the name.
There is nothing that you can do with setup.exe that you can't do with AutoHotkey32.exe, because setup.exe is just a compiled script. The installer does not need to be compiled to run it. The non-compiled installer and everything else contained by setup.exe is included in the zip download.
Unless system policy blocks you from executing batch scripts, you can just run Install.cmd from the zip download.
If that is blocked, just drag-drop UX\ui-setup.ahk onto AutoHotkey32.exe. Do not move the file out of the UX sub-directory.