{"id":538,"date":"2011-05-20T12:39:30","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T11:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/?p=538"},"modified":"2025-07-14T23:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:07:08","slug":"app-v-recipe-autoit-v3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/deployment\/app-v-recipe-autoit-v3\/","title":{"rendered":"App-V Recipe: AutoIt v3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This blog post will show you how to sequence AutoIt using App-V 4.6 SP1 (the latest version at the time of writing). Now, AutoIt is probably the easiest application to sequence in the world and doesn’t really need a blog post describing how to do it. However, I intend to write some more posts around using App-V in System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007 for deployment and upgrades so a nice easy to follow recipe for an application that is free should be useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For sequencing I’ll be using Windows XP SP3 and creating a package that can be used on all later operating systems. I’ve set up the Windows XP machine as per the recommendations in App-V 4.6 SP1 Sequencing Guide<\/a> – essentially all AV has been turned off, Windows update is off, and the App-V 4.6 SP1 sequencer has been installed. In my case the App-V sequencer machine is a Hyper-V virtual machine so that I can use snapshots to quickly get it back to a clean state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recipe<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Download the AutoIt full installer from this page<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Run the Microsoft Application Virtualization Sequencer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Select Create a New Virtual Application Package<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Select Create Package (default)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. On the Prepare Computer<\/strong> screen check that there are no warnings (Windows Defender is running, etc.) and then click Next<\/strong>.
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  6. Select Standard Application (default)<\/strong> and click Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. At the Select Installer<\/strong> screen browse to the AutoIt installer (it should be something like ‘autoit-v3.3.14.2-setup.exe’) and then click Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. In the Package Name<\/strong> screen enter the name AutoIt v3<\/strong> as the package name. Note that this automatically generates the ‘Primary Virtual Application Directory’ of Q:\\AutoIt v3<\/strong>. (in App-V 4.6 you no longer have to use 8.3 filenames so this automatically generated name is OK). Click Next<\/strong>.
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  9. The AutoIt installer will start. Use the defaults for all installation questions except for the installation folder which must be changed to match the Primary Virtual Application Directory of Q:\\AutoIt v3<\/strong>.
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  10. At the end of installation deselect Show release notes<\/strong> and then click Finish<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Back in the App-V sequencer, select I am finished installing<\/strong> and then click Next<\/strong>.
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  12. Select the following tasks to run: AutoIt Window Info, Compile Script to .exe, Run Script, SciTE Script Editor. Then click Run Selected<\/strong>.
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  13. Close down all the launched applications then back in the App-V Sequencer click Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  14. Review the Installation Report<\/strong> and then click Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  15. We need to customize the package a little so select Customize<\/strong> and then click Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  16. Remove shortcuts as required for your corporate environment and then click Next<\/strong>. I would recommend removing ‘AutoIt v3 Website’ and ‘Check for Updates’.
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  17. At the Prepare for Streaming<\/strong> page run the same applications as shown in step 12, close them after launch, and then click Next<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  18. Select Allow this package to run on any operating system<\/strong> and then click Next<\/strong>. (In theory, you could also create a specific 64-bit package as the AutoIt installer only installs 64-bit components when installed on a 64-bit machine, but the 32-bit version is fine for 99% of cases).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  19. Select Save the package now<\/strong> and Compress Package<\/strong> and click Create<\/strong>. Optionally enter the version name in the comments field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  20. Click Close<\/strong> and you’re done!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Overview This blog post will show you how to sequence AutoIt using App-V 4.6 SP1 (the latest version at the time of writing). Now, AutoIt is probably the easiest application to sequence in the world and doesn’t really need a blog post describing how to do it. However, I intend to write some more posts […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[23,62],"class_list":["post-538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deployment","tag-app-v","tag-deployment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100124,"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538\/revisions\/100124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.autoitconsulting.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}