CONTEXT / BUG: SciTE was installed using Chocolatey AS AN ADMINISTRATOR, but is used by a standard user.
$ choco install -y autoit --version 3.3.14.5$ choco install -y scite4autoit3 --version 19.102.1901.001 Reference
SciTE utilities look for an env variable called
SCITE_USERHOME and when that is missing will assume a portable installation of SciTE:Fix, Part 1: Create missing directory
If you are not running as a standard user and have a different account for administration, you might notice that a directory "C:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE" was created but not "C:\Users\StandardUser\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE"... So the first thing to do is to fix that directory:
cmd /c "mkdir "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE" & pause"Fix, Part 2: Create user's environment variable
REG_SZ
cmd /c "setx SCITE_USERHOME "%UserProfile%\AppData\Local\AutoIt v3\SciTE" & pause"This command is the correct one, and we could stop right here. But out of curiosity, let's see how we could make a dynamic variable.
REG_EXPAND_SZ
In order to use REG_EXPAND_SZ type variables, we'd have to use the REG.EXE utility. It takes a little bit of escaping to pass the "percent" characters to the command, but this is how it would look:
cmd /c "REG ADD HKCU\Environment /v SCITE_USERHOME /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d ^%UserProfile^% & pause"Additional information
Missing a persistent environment variable ?
- SetX - Set environment variables - Windows CMD - SS64.com
- Reg - Edit Registry - Windows CMD - SS64.com
- In PowerShell, use the
[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariablecommand.
Registry hives and paths
- User Variables:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment - System Variables:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment
ALTERNATIVE FIX
Use an Administrator account and give the rights on "C:\Program Files (x86)\AutoIt3\SciTE" for the standard user. This will do if there is only one person needing to use the program.
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