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Detect OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive & Box with Cloud Detect AHK v2 Library

Know Instantly Which Cloud Sync Clients Are Installed and Running — From Your AHK Script

Ever needed your AutoHotkey script to know whether OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, or Box is actually on the machine — and whether it’s syncing right now? Checking registry keys is unreliable (they linger long after an uninstall). CloudDetect solves this the right way: it confirms the sync client’s real executable on disk and probes the live process, returning a clean result you can branch on in one line.

Why Detection by File, Not Registry

A provider counts as Installed only when its main client executable exists at one of the known install paths. That’s far more dependable than reading registry entries, which frequently survive an uninstall and report clients that are long gone. CloudDetect also expands environment variables like %LocalAppData% and %ProgramFiles% automatically, and even handles Google Drive’s versioned subfolders with a wildcard match.

Tip: “Installed” checks the file on disk; “Running” checks the live process. A client can be installed but not running — CloudDetect reports both independently so you can react to either.

What You Get

ProviderDetects InstalledDetects Running
OneDrive✓✓
Dropbox✓✓
Google Drive✓ (handles versioned folders)✓
Box✓✓

One Line to Detect Them All

Include the library and call Detect(). You get back a Map of each provider with Installed and Running booleans — ready to drive your logic:

#Include S:\lib\v2\CloudDetect\CloudDetect.ahk
result := CloudDetect.Detect()
if result["OneDrive"].Running
    MsgBox "OneDrive is syncing right now"
if result["Dropbox"].Installed && !result["Dropbox"].Running
    MsgBox "Dropbox is installed but not currently running"
Note: Requires AutoHotkey v2.0.2 or later. Drop the single CloudDetect.ahk file into your project — no external dependencies.

Real-World Uses

  • Safe-save logic — warn (or pause) before writing into a folder that’s actively syncing to avoid conflict copies.
  • Backup routing — automatically pick a destination based on which cloud client is present.
  • Environment audits — survey a fleet of machines for which sync clients are deployed and live.
  • Conditional automation — only trigger a workflow when the right client is running.

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CloudDetect by the-Automator.com · Licensed CC BY 4.0

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