
If you receive a prompt like "The publisher could not be verified. Open the zip file using File Explorer (no extraction necessary), or extract the contents of the zip file to a temporary directory. To install using the exe, just download and run it, review the options and click Install. For details, see Installation and Launcher in the documentation. V2.0-beta.4 and later can be installed together with v1.1, allowing scripts written for either version to work with minimal fuss. Requirements: Windows 7 and later are supported. The syntax is overall more consistent, with much fewer quirks and traps, and many other improvements have been made.įor extensive details about the differences between v1 and v2, refer to Changes from v1.1 to v2.0. As such, scripts written for v1 generally will not work without changes on v2. After I followed the steps below, that compilation method no longer works.AutoHotkey v2 aims to improve the usability and convenience of the language and command set by sacrificing backward compatibility. However: I had things set up such that I could compile AHK scripts via the Windows file manager. I do know seem to have AHK version 2 installed. That directory is C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey.ģ) Within C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey I deleted AutoHotkey.exe.ģ) I copied AutoHotkey64.exe from the download into C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey.Ĥ) I renamed the file resulting from 3 - that is: C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey64.exe - to C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe.ĥ) I copied the new version of the help file into C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey.
Also: if one has a 32-bit system, then that will make a difference too.)ġ) I downloaded the beta (from ).Ģ) On my PC, I located the directory within Autohotkey seems to be installed. (One would have to change the procedure if one does not have any version of Autohotkey installed already. Yet, by the end of that recounting, I will be asking for help as well. Let me now make a start upon providing those clear instructions for which I have asked. more readily accessible from the download page. It would be good were the instructions on how to install the beta to be: