newbie question - use w/o admin privileges

[dgg4]

My apologies for what may be an obvious question, but can AutoIt be used in a locked down corporate environment where the user (me) does not have admin privileges?

thx! --dg

[slayerz]

Normal application can run in limited user environment (except if you set #Require Admin).

If your application does not make any changes to the system files or registry, it should be ok to run as limited user.

[dgg4]

Normal application can run in limited user environment (except if you set #Require Admin).

If your application does not make any changes to the system files or registry, it should be ok to run as limited user.

Thank you...very helpful! I'm primarily interested in automated text substitution...for frequently used text. I'm guessing this is possible with AutoIt. I wouldn't be changing any system characteristics.

[slayerz]

U're welcome..yup, it should be ok

[Bert]

you may want to look for an app called robotype.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,427369,00.asp

Edited December 28, 2009 by Volly

[dgg4]

you may want to look for an app called robotype.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,427369,00.asp

The article says it requires admin privileges for installation, and it's $8 to download, so I'll pass unless you have first hand experience that it doesn't require admin privileges and works acceptably on Win 7. There are others out there like this, but your experience might save me a lot of trial and error time...so please do tell.

[JohnOne]

Ive found on win7 that it will only edit even text files if they are in a common folder

If I try to create a text file in say C:\ for instance it will not comply unless run as admin.