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## Installing and running bug.n
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#### Requirements
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* Microsoft Windows 2000 or higher
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* [AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/) 1.1.10 or higher (if running
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bug.n from source as a script)
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You may either
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[download the stable version of bug.n](https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n/releases/latest)
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from the repository, or
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[download the current development version](https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n/archive/master.zip)
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as the repository itself. Either way, you will have a `zip` file including an
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executable (`bugn.exe`), the source (`src\*`) and documentation (`doc\*`)
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files.
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There is no installation process for bug.n. Unpack the `zip` file, and you
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should be able to run either the executable as it is or the main script
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(`src\Main.ahk`) with [AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/).
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You may copy bug.n anywhere you like -- at least if you have write access
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there -- e.g. `C:\Program Files\bugn` or link it to the 'Windows Start Menu'
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or the 'Windows Taskbar', for example.
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By default bug.n stores the session data (configuration, layout, window states
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and log) to the user's APPDATA directory, e.g.
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`C:\Users\joten\AppData\Roaming\bug.n`.
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You may redirect the bug.n data directory by setting the first argument either
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to the executable or to the main script (`Main.ahk`), when running bug.n,
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e.g. `C:\Program Files\bugn\bugn.exe D:\bugn`; but you will need to have write
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access to this directory.
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You can run bug.n manually, either by using the executable and starting it like
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any other application, or by using the main script (`Main.ahk`) and starting it
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with [AutoHotkey](http://ahkscript.org/download/).
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If using the script, the working directory must be the directory, where the
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file `Main.ahk` is saved; therewith bug.n can find the other script files. One
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possibility, to do so, is to install AutoHotkey, open the directory, where
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`Main.ahk` is saved, and execute the file.
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### Microsoft Windows User Access Control
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If you are using bug.n on Microsoft Windows Vista or higher you may use
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applications, which run with administrator privileges, e.g. 'administrative
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tools'. In the case that you are running bug.n in the standard user session,
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i.e. _without_ administrator privileges, bug.n will not be able to manage the
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associated windows. If you want those application windows to be managed, you
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need to run bug.n with administrator privileges, too.
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You can set the option `Run this program as an administrator` on the
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'Compatibility' tab, section 'Privilege level' of the bug.n executable file
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properties. But if you also want to run bug.n when Windows starts, you will
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have to create a task in 'Task Scheduler'.
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#### Create a task in 'Task Scheduler'
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In Windows 7 you can create a task following the steps from the
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[Windows website](http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/schedule-task#1TC=windows-7):
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1. Open Task Scheduler by clicking the **Start** button, clicking
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**Control Panel**, clicking **System and Security**, clicking
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**Administrative Tools**, and then double-clicking **Task Scheduler**
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(Administrator permission required). If you're prompted for an administrator
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password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.
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2. Click the **Action** menu, and then click **Create Basic Task**.
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3. Type a name for the task and an optional description, and then click
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**Next**.
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4. Click **When I log on**, and then click **Next**.
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5. To schedule a program to start automatically, click **Start a program**, and
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then click **Next**.
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6. Click **Browse** to find the program you want to start, and then click
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**Next**.
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7. Select the **Open the Properties dialog for this task when I click Finish**
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check box and click **Finish**.
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8. In the **Properties** dialog box, select the following, and then click
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**OK**.
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* **Run only when user is logged on**
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* **Run with highest privileges**
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