crashsoup

OK. Thanks for your help. I'm inclined to just give up at this point.

I click File>Go (and have tried hitting F5 to run it) and nothing happens at all. Doesn't appear to run. No error. Nothing in the bottom of the editor. See attached screenshot.

$ret = WinActivate ("Untitled - Notepad") ConsoleWrite($ret & "/" & @error & "/" & @extended & @CRLF) $ret = Send ("1 1") ConsoleWrite($ret & "/" & @error & "/" & @extended & @CRLF) Like this? I am not a programmer and had only used AutoIt to help with some basic automation with simple, repetitive data entry, so this is all getting way beyond my skillset real fast.

@Nine can you elaborate? I don't know what "error handling" is or how/where to apply it.

My internal IT was able to work with Webroot to get them to set Webroot to stop picking up AutoIt as an infected file and designate it as a safe file. I got everything uninstalled then installed the full version (not Lite) without an issue. I still cannot get a simple script to run. Attached screenshot. I have an untitled Notepad window open, and I want AutoIt (for now) to just find the thing and type a 1 into it. I can't get AutoIt to even detect the window. Suggestions?

@Nine will do. Thanks!

My internal IT said Webroot is picking up a W32.Trojan.Gen that was added to their library on 7 Mar 2022 and is blocking the installation. So there is something within the exe that Webroot definitely doesn't like.

My internal IT did say that Webroot picked up a file it didn't like but I haven't heard back from them about specifically which piece of the install process is freaking out Webroot.

@danp2 I've reached out to my internal IT support for them to check the anitvirus software (Webroot) since it's locked down and I can't do anything with it other than run a scan. It appears that Webroot could be stripping out files because my "threats removed" count has been increasing since I started this process earlier today.

@Danp2 I'm only downloading from the autoitscript.com site, nowhere else. The link you provided, I get an error on that exe file. I have also rebooted after frigging around with this a few times just to try to start with a clean slate. Still having issues.

@Exit What is "Jos" ? When I download version 3.3.16.0 and launch SciTE with it, I get the Lite version even though this option from https://www.autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads/ says full installation Where do I find the full version?

@ad777 I am getting an error with that AutoIt3 zip. I downloaded the zip to my downloads folder and get the error when trying to extract it.

I did a full uninstall and reinstall. I am on v3.3.16.0 released on 6 March, 2022 if that is what is included in the download installer from autoitscript.com/site/autoit/downloads When I check the About info is says version 4.4.6 with release date of Mar 6 2022.

It's been several years since the last time I've used AutoIt so I'm going way back to basics. Just trying to get a simple script to run like activating a Notepad window or even directly copying and pasting from the tutorial, keeps giving me the same error that the system can't find the file specified. I have the file saved to the correct location. I'm sure it's something simple, but I cannot figure out how get AutoIt to go. >"C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\..\AutoIt3.exe" "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE\AutoIt3Wrapper\AutoIt3Wrapper.au3" /run /prod /ErrorStdOut /in "C:\Users\Cheryl Campbell\Desktop\autoittest\test2.au3" /UserParams >The system cannot find the file specified.