how to change script location?

[Anamacha]

How can I change the location where AHK finds its script? Currently it looks in C:\Users\John\Documents

I am a writer, and I use AHK as a text expander. In other words, I type "rem" and AHK expands this to "remember". This and many other expansions speed my writing day up considerably.

I recently started using two computers, and am finding that when I make a change to one script file, I have to manually make the same change to the other computer. So I'd like to move the AHK definitions file to one of my shared drives, say Dropbox. That way the file will get synced between computers, and the most I'll have to do is reload it.

Is it possible to do this? Thanks!

[DyaTactic]

I belive there is no way to define dynamic hotstrings. But you can place your script in Dropbox. Or only the hotstring part and use "#Include, Filename" in the scripts on both computers.

If you want to change the working directory, use "SetWorkingDir, DirName".

Let me know if you need more help.

[lexikos]

How do you change the location where Notepad looks for text files?

You can run a script from anywhere. Just run or "open" the .ahk file instead of the AutoHotkey executable.

I belive there is no way to define dynamic hotstrings.

There is a Hotstring function in v1.1.28+, but what does that have to do with the topic?