Installing AHK or SciTE4AHK creates folder in my OneDrive!

[michaelbeijer]

Why is it that every time I install SciTE4AHK (from SciTE4AHK300601_Install.exe) or AHK (from AutoHotkey111901_Install.exe), a folder is created at C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive\AutoHotkey?

I don't want this. I uninstalled them both, and when I install them again, that damned folder is created again.

What am I missing here?

Michael

[michaelbeijer]

OK, I seem to have isolated the problem to the SciTE4AHK300601_Install.exe installer. I just ran the AHK installer and the folder was not created.

The folder is created after I run SciTE4AHK300601_Install.exe, but only once I run SciTE4AHK for the first time and it sets up some stuff. At this point, a folder is automatically created at:

C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive\AutoHotkey

containing:

C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive\AutoHotkey\SciTE
C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive\AutoHotkey\Lib

…with all kinds of stuff in them.

Why are these files/folders being created here? Can I change this? I have a special folder elsewhere where I would like to put this stuff (namely: C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive\Programs\AutoHotkey)

Michael

[lexikos]

It's supposed to be in your Documents folder. Is "OneDrive" your Documents folder; or the default save location for your Documents library? Does MsgBox %A_MyDocuments% show C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive?

I don't advocate programs creating folder structures in the user's personal folders, but that's the way it was designed. (Edit: Actually, AutoHotkey optionally uses %A_MyDocuments%\AutoHotkey.ahk and %A_MyDocuments%\AutoHotkey\Lib; so that's probably why SciTE4AutoHotkey is designed that way.)

Edit: You can try the portable download of SciTE4AutoHotkey.

[michaelbeijer]

Excellent, thanks! Yes, I recently changed my My Documents folder to point to my OneDrive folder. That's what's going on.

Will the portable one update just like the regular one?
Also, how can I make it so AHK scripts are edited using this portable version when I right-click at them in the taskbar and select "Edit This Script"?

[lexikos]

Assuming that AutoHotkey is installed so .ahk files are registered the normal way, you can run the following script and select SciTE.exe:

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FileSelectFile exe, 1,,, Executables (*.exe)
if ErrorLevel
    Exit
RegWrite REG_SZ, HKCR, AutoHotkeyScript\Shell\Edit\Command,, "%exe%" "`%l"
MsgBox % ErrorLevel ? "Error" : "Done"

[fincs]

Note that having My Documents point to OneDrive will allow you to synchronize your SciTE4AutoHotkey settings and your AutoHotkey StdLibs amongst all your computers that are also configured this way.

[michaelbeijer]

Note that having My Documents point to OneDrive will allow you to synchronize your SciTE4AutoHotkey settings and your AutoHotkey StdLibs amongst all your computers that are also configured this way.

Yes, that was the idea. I keep all kinds of stuff in my OneDrive folder so I have access to the same stuff on all my computers. However, I had wanted to install SciTE4AutoHotkey at the former rather than the latter:

C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive\Programs\SciTE4AHK
C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive\

That is, I don't want programs installing themselves in the root of my OneDrive folder (= my redirected "My Documents" folder). I want to be able to choose where I put them.

[michaelbeijer]

Assuming that AutoHotkey is installed so .ahk files are registered the normal way, you can run the following script and select SciTE.exe:

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FileSelectFile exe, 1,,, Executables (*.exe)
if ErrorLevel
    Exit
RegWrite REG_SZ, HKCR, AutoHotkeyScript\Shell\Edit\Command,, "%exe%" "`%l"
MsgBox % ErrorLevel ? "Error" : "Done"

How do I run this, and do I need to change that "%exe%" to the actual location where I installed SciTE4AutoHotkey . For example, C:\Users\michaelbeijer\OneDrive\Programs\SciTE4AHK\SciTE.exe (assuming I stick the portable version there).

[fincs]

My Documents\AutoHotkey\SciTE does not contain program files, it only contains SciTE settings.

[lexikos]

do I need to change that "%exe%"

No, the exe variable is populated by the FileSelectFile command on the first line, which shows a file selection dialog allowing you to pick a file. Hence simply "run the following script and select SciTE.exe".