AHK - parallel installation of versions

[SkyFrontier]

Hi there!

1. is it safe to install AHK flavors like 1.0, 1.1 and H on parallel?
1.1 how to make one of them the default? Is it suffice to change system file association with .ahk from one ahk exe to another? How context menu "compile script" will react to this?

2. is there a compiler which doesn't trigger antivirus protection either for compiling as well as for executing compiled exes? Which one?

Thanks in advance.

[binocular222]

Since AHK is portable in nature, the only thing AHK-installer does is associating .ahk to autohotkey.exe
So, you can use multiple portable ahk in diff versions, just make sure to choose correct default program to open .ahk
about antivirus, I don't use any. Maybe a post in AHK forum is better

[highend]

Mind to share the code for a file (and the name of the scanner + version) that triggers the scanner on compiling / executing?

Are you using upx to compact them?

[SkyFrontier]

No problem. Attached.

This is a custom code I worked on to obtain a magnifier (I doubt XY can do this... lol).
It does almost everything I want, except inverting colors/emulating high contrast - any ideas on how to do it? (tickbox-based, real time toggle)

No upx that I'm aware of - trying to disable buit in compacter resulted in a same-sized .exe.

avast! v2014.9.0.2021 vs latest AHK_L

edit: just saw you message, binocular: thanks, I'll try the other flavors later. I have read some posts with similar issue, but the general consensus there seem to be "exclude and forget", which is impractical when it comes to compiling.

[highend]

Compiling the .ahk file (with a build script for Sublime Text 3) doesn't trigger Avast Antivirus (Free) 2014.9.0.2021

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{
	"cmd": ["Ahk2Exe.exe", "/in", "$file", "/icon", "$file_path/$file_base_name.ico"],
	"path": "D:\\Tools\\AutoHotkey_L\\Compiler",
	"selector": "source.ahk"
}

Starting the .exe for the first time invokes the DeepScreen protection part of Avast (which finds no problem) but it isn't recognized as a virus / malware / rootkit / whatever...

[SkyFrontier]

What happens when you compile the attached file, highend?

[highend]

What happens when you compile the attached file, highend?

Compiling the .ahk file (with a build script for Sublime Text 3) doesn't trigger Avast Antivirus (Free) 2014.9.0.2021

[SkyFrontier]

I thought you referred your code, not mine.

That's really, really weird.

Thanks for the test!

Would you mind compiling it and attaching it here so I can check how Avast reacts here?
Which version of AHK are you using?

[highend]

v1.1.15.04 from http://ahkscript.org/
x86 version (unicode)

AHK_smooth_v2_bySF_AHK.zip

(378.79 KiB) Downloaded 135 times

[SkyFrontier]

...cool! Basically, the same code compiled in MY machine gets rejected by Avast, while yours not.
File sizes differ but that may be due to custom icons involved.

As file sizes differ, one last attempt would be producing another version with AHK default icon, highend. Would you mind, please?
Is there a way to decompile resulting exes, preserving all codes involved (even for exe envelop) so I could pinpoint what is being injected on my side, if any?

With this last piece of information I can contact AHK guys and tell them an informed complaint. Now and them I see some ahk codes being refused here (one of autocart's AHK MiniTree come to mind; Marco's XY Updater, too), which were being tolerated as I had no control over certain variables.

Time to react.

[highend]

AHK_smooth_v2_bySF_AHK_default_icon.zip

(382.23 KiB) Downloaded 131 times

Iirc there was Exe2Ahk but I think it stopped working with AutoHotkey_L...

What does virustotal.com display for your .exe version?

Mine is absolutely clean:

SHA256: c1e9203435d9a5f47411eaf122ef9fa953c24e3e4be744de56f1b9b2f5e6fec2
Dateiname: AHK_smooth_v2_bySF_AHK.exe
Erkennungsrate: 0 / 52
Analyse-Datum: 2014-08-20 19:18:30 UTC ( vor 1 Minute )

[SkyFrontier]

AHK_smooth_v2_bySF_AHK_default_icon.zip

Iirc there was Exe2Ahk but I think it stopped working with AutoHotkey_L...

What does virustotal.com display for your .exe version?

Mine is absolutely clean:

SHA256: c1e9203435d9a5f47411eaf122ef9fa953c24e3e4be744de56f1b9b2f5e6fec2
Dateiname: AHK_smooth_v2_bySF_AHK.exe
Erkennungsrate: 0 / 52
Analyse-Datum: 2014-08-20 19:18:30 UTC ( vor 1 Minute )

..and it just gets better! Now I am being prevented (AV, sure!) of downloading the no-icon version, which is annoying! Busy with stuff as of now, I'll shut Avast down for 10 minutes any time soon, do some tests, check versions against VT...
thanks for your cooperation!