Questions tagged [autohotkey]
AutoHotkey (AHK) is a free, open-source macro-creation and automation software for Microsoft Windows that allows users to automate repetitive tasks. It is driven by a scripting language that was initially aimed at providing keyboard shortcuts, otherwise known as hotkeys, that over time evolved into a full-fledged scripting language.
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Command line way of stopping a process in windows
Is there a command line way of stopping a process if I know the name of the exe (or better give a wildcard). I was about to jump in and write an autohotkey script to do it but I thought I would look ...
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Is there any way i can remove line breaks (not paragraph breaks) from a word document quickly?
Is there any way i can remove line breaks (not paragraph breaks) from a word document quickly? Can we do in one shot using Autohotkey?
i have a large document in columns like this:
xxxxx x xxxx
xxx ...
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Can I simulate human typing on Windows?
I'm working on a talk that will involve typing code and running it in front of an audience. So I don't screw it up, I'd like to pre-record typing the more complicated bits of the source code and play ...
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Getting WinMinimize to act on currently active window
I am trying to write a hotkey to minimize the current window.
My current attempt is below and it does nothing. I can't see how to make commands like WinMinimize act on the currently acitve window.
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Automatic text replacement in Ubuntu
So, I'm looking for a software native to gnome that provides automatic text replacement. Something similar to autohotkey would be great, though I really don't care about all that extra autohotkey ...
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Can I switch between windows of the same type using AutoHotkey?
I know how to create an AutoHotkey script to switch to (say) a Firefox window.
But suppose I have a number of Firefox windows open. I would like the key to switch to the next window each time it is ...
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How to write an autohotkey script to toggle the Show hidden files and folders setting?
I would like to make use of a hotkey to toggle the Show hidden files and folders setting.
I want to use it on both windowsXp and Windows7.
Here is what I got so far:
#h::
RegRead, Showall_Status, ...
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Can I use AutoHotKey to bind CapsLock+n to down arrow?
Can I use AutoHotKey to bind CapsLock+n to down arrow? If so, how do I do it?
I have managed to bind just caps lock to down arrow without problems, but I want to bind the combination of caps lock and ...
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How to convert grop of sentences into html list using autohotkey
for example if 4 sentences like this then
Sem ullamcorper amet, dictumst sollicitudin
Erat duis vel, totam eu, amet justo. Sed corporis
In mauris odio. Penatibus pede. Mollis in. Quis
Id lacinia ...
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Keyboard key events repeating all the time (endlessly)
My notebook keyboard is repeating key events in Windows, every 2 seconds I get these 2 events:
KeyDown (LButton OemClear 255)
KeyUp (LButton OemClear 255)
The pair of events keep firing and ...
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How can I use Autohotkey to focus on an existing Google Chrome tab, not a "container" window?
How can I use Autohotkey to focus on an existing Google Chrome tab, not a "container" window?
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Google Chrome seems to represent each window with a container window handle, which contains one ...
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Using autohotkey with a gamepad
I can map buttons on a gamepad like this:
Joy2::
Send {Up down} ; Hold down the left-arrow key.
KeyWait Joy2 ; Wait for the user to release the joystick button.
Send {Up up} ; Release the left-...
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Check username password combination in Windows
I have an autohotkey script that maps multiple network drives using a series of net use commands. I enter my password once into an autohotkey inputbox, then run all of the net use commands with the ...
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How to make a Alt+Tab and F5 hotkey in Autohotkeys
I want to create a hotkey which does the following: Alt+Tab and F5 when I press Shift+CapsLock
in AutoHotkeys.
How can I do that?
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Useful scripts for Sikuli
Thanks to Lifehacker I came across Sikuli which is described as:
Sikuli is a visual technology to
search and automate graphical user
interfaces (GUI) using images
(screenshots). The first ...