[Win10] CompareTool = CompareScript.ahk doesn't work anymore

[Hacker]

Hi all,
Windows 10 Home x64
TC 9.10b2 x64 (& x32)

I am using my own script to compare files:

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[Configuration]
CompareTool=C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk

Since updating from Windows 7 to Windows 10 I get this error message when trying to invoke the compare:

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Total Commander
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File not found!



C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk
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OK   
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Any idea how to make it work again?

TIA
Roman

[Gral]

Did you try to compile ahk to exe?

[Horst.Epp]

I guess the association of .ahk with the interpreter is lost.
Does it start if you double click the file in TC ?

[Hacker]

Gral,

Did you try to compile ahk to exe?

Good idea, this at least works.

Horst.Epp,

I guess the association of .ahk with the interpreter is lost.
Does it start if you double click the file in TC ?

All other AHK files work just fine when ran.

Still wondering what the issue is.

Thanks
Roman

[hi5]

Perhaps you can try this as well (assuming path to AutoHotkey.exe is correct):

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C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk

[Hacker]

hi5,
Yes, good idea, already tried that, File not found. Same with:
CompareTool="C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk"
CompareTool=""C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk""

Roman

[Gral]

What about
"C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" "C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk"
and
""C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" "C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk""
?

[Hacker]

Gral,
For both cases:

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Total Commander
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File not found!



"C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe"
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OK   
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Thanks
Roman

[ghisler(Author)]

Not confirmed. I have Windows 10 x64 on a PC, and tried with a simple ahk script just containing
Run notepad.exe

Then I tried with both
Comparetool=c:\test\test.ahk
and
Comparetool="c:\Program files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe" c:\test\test.ahk

and both opened notepad as expected.

1. Can you try with such a simple ahk file too?
2. If it works, what does your ahk script do?

[Stefan2]

Hi all,
Windows 10 Home x64
TC 9.10b2 x64 (& x32)

I am using my own script to compare files:

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[Configuration]
CompareTool=C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk

Since updating from Windows 7 to Windows 10 I get this error message when trying to invoke the compare:

Code: Select all

---------------------------
Total Commander
---------------------------
File not found!



C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk
---------------------------
OK   
---------------------------

Any idea how to make it work again?

TIA
Roman

Sorry , but does "C:\Programy" points to the right folder? (you know, often simple copy&paste errors or like that)

How about trying "%ProgramFiles%\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk"
or
"%ProgramFiles(x86)%\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk"?



But I think you tried that already.
 

[Hacker]

Stefan2,

does "C:\Programy\" points to the right folder?

Yup, there is no typo.

Christian,

Can you try with such a simple ahk file too?

Does not work, unfortunately. Fresh INI, tested Run, notepad.exe saved as c:\test.ahk, d:\test.ahk and c:\test\test.ahk neither did work (File not found c:\test.ahk, File not found d:\test.ahk and File not found c:\test\test.ahk).
Is there some difference between how TC calls a program when executing from the file panel and when ran as the compare tool? CreateProcess vs. ShellExecute or so?

Thanks
Roman

[hi5]

What if you make an "Associate Internal (Total Commander)" only to AHK files, or remove it and create it again just to be sure. I recall I had some issues when I first started with Win 10, just using the internal associations (even though it should have been global already) seemed to do the trick.

[Hacker]

hi5,

What if you make an "Associate Internal (Total Commander)" only to AHK files

Thank you for the idea, does not help, unfortunately.

Roman

[hi5]

Could it be a user rights thing? Does it help if you run TC as Administrator? (just another wild guess)

[Hacker]

hi5,

Does it help if you run TC as Administrator?

Um, the hell? Yes, it does!

Well, to clarify the situation a bit, the AutoHotkey executable itself is at:

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C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe

and the script itself is at:

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C:\Programy\AutoHotkey\Scripts\CompareFiles.ahk

Not sure if it changes anything but since I used a placeholder path for the AutoHotkey.exe in my previous posts (while using correct paths on my PC) I thought I'd clarify in case it's relevant.

Thank you
Roman