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AutoHotkey - make window stay right in taskbar
Is there a way to achieve this using autohotkey: I want some windows to be always at the top right of the taskbar no matter how many programs I opened. So, for exmaple, currently it is like this. But, ...
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Remove Specific Windows Shortcut to get Ahk shortcut to work
I have a shortcut for brackets like "[]" and "()" that I use while coding which is written in .ahk
#d::
Send {[}{]}{Left}
return
It works fine, except in my Python editor Pycharm:
Somehow that when ...
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AutoHotKey – ellegant way of waiting until a system dialog box becomes able to accept keystrokes?
Standard system Print dialog or Save dialog is swallowing keys sent immediately after opening. Is there a way how to send keys successfully as soon as possible?
Details:
Let's have some simple use ...
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windows 8 bind button to > and < mark
I am trying to rebind few buttons under windows 8.1 to get them working like they work under ubuntu.
I have this layout on my laptop keyboard. I am trying to map , and . keys (1/2 buttons right from m)...
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Force Windows 8 to use touchpad as single-button?
I have an Asus V551L laptop with Windows 8. It's a great, medium-grade laptop, but the touchpad is driving me nuts. I'm constantly accidentally triggering right-clicks, since the touchpad doesn't ...
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How to remap Enter as a right control modifier in Win 8.1?
I did this with keyRemap4macbook on OSX.
Enter alone works as Enter
but
Enter+Key becomes Ctrl+Key.
How do I do this in Windows?
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Allow Synaptics Touchpad Windows-Key Window Snapping
I was dying to find an easy way to do the Windows-Key + Arrow window snapping functions using the Synaptics touchpad on my Lenovo Yoga 11s.
This would be perfect for 3/4 finger swipes left and right ...
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re-mapping media keys on a USB keyboard
Is it possible to re-map the media keys (volume, reload, etc) on a USB keyboard so that the order matches the one on my laptop? I want to re-map ONLY the ones on the USB keyboard.
I've tried ...
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Adjust brightness with Autohotkey using micrsoft codes for HID
I know there are similar questions but I have done some investigation and have noticed that AutoHotkey works perfectly with Volume_Up and Volume_Down but I am surprised there is no similar command for ...
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How to make backspace key in Windows 8 Explorer get me to parent folder instead of going back in history? [revamped] [duplicate]
Posting the same question from another user, but for windows 8 instead.
In Windows XP, Backspace (aka ←) key leads you to the parent folder, but in Windows 8 it just goes back in history. How do I ...
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How is it possible to emulate mouse wheel scrolling using the touch screen on Windows 8.1? I.e. remapping touch gestures to mouse events
I recently bought the Surface Pro 3 and
noticed a very annoying problem concerning
all applications that do not yet support touch
input.
For example:
The note taking application "Evernote" does
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Autohotkey on a win8 tablet: three clicks for an action
I would love to use three clicks on my tablet to perform an action such as ^w (closing chrome windows).
I have tried with "RapidHotkey" script but to no avail. I would greatly appreciate your help.
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Run a .ahk on stratup
In Windows 7, I used to copy .ahk files to start-up folder to make them to start automatically. But this does not work in Windows 8. Is there any solution?
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How can I release the Win-L key combination to the underlying program?
I'm a Mac user (boo, hiss, I know) who's occasionally working on a Windows 8.1 partition on his Macbook. I've used AutoHotKey to remap several keys, and make my life easier by sharing the same general ...
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Detecting touch screen presses in AutoHotkey in Windows 8
I am using a Dell Venue 8 Pro running Windows 8.1 32 bit. I am trying to use AutoHotkey to map certain regions of the screen to certain buttons on the keyboard, in order to be able to use the touch ...
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