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Windows explorer is in an infinite crash loop after installing a MS Store App
I'm running Windows 11 23H2.
I installed this AutoHotKey port from the MS store:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9nq8q8j78637?hl=en-gb&gl=US/
Immediately after installing, my windows explorer ...
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How can I prevent the 0x80004005 error from appearing when I run AutoHotkey code?
#IfWinActive, ahk_exe explorer.exe ; only for explorer
^sc07B::
selected = % Explorer_GetSelection() ; get currently selected item in explorer as source ;*[test]
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How to force Windows to use %USERPROFILE% when creating multiple shortcuts simultaniously (or achieve the same thing with AHK)?
The problem:
Using dropbox at my work, my colleagues can't follow shortcuts I create. PS: I use "shortcut" (what Windows calls them) and "alias" (the Mac nomenclature) ...
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Opening the about: links used specifically for Firefox from File explorer
Help with opening the about: links used specifically for Firefox. More info HERE
I am trying to open them from File explorer. I tried dragging about:addons URL from Firefox Adrress bar to Explorer. ...
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Windows - Alt Click on a window to close window under the mouse cursor
Is it possible to close a window, simply by clicking anywhere inside it? Hold down alt key, and click the windows you want closed. Much like shooting targets in a game.
Why not Alt+F4? This would be ...
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Create a text file with a keyboard shortcut in Windows Explorer
I'm using the solution from How to create a new text document (TXT) file by a Hotkey? since a few years, with Autohotkey, and it allows to create a new text file anywhere in the Windows explorer with ...
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Hotkey to play selected folder/s on windows explorer
If one or more folders on windows explorer are selected and then "Alt + Intro" is pressed, windows shows the properties of those folders. I would like to make a custom hotkey to play the files in the ...
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CTRL+ENTER on a file in Windows 7 Explorer [duplicate]
The .py files are associated to SublimeText on my Windows 7. Thus, when hitting ENTER when the cursor/selection is on a .py file in the Explorer, SublimeText opens it. I want to keep this.
How to ...
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Autohotkey to cycle through active program windows
I have this autohotkey file. When I press F2, it toggles through any windows explorer tabs I have open and keeps it in focus / sends it to the top. If no file explorer windows are open, it opens one ...
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Where is this "Applications" Directory in Windows located?
How do I open this Applications Directory in Windows? I use this folder to write AutoHotKey shortcuts which work on any one of my computers regardless of where an application has been installed, but ...
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AutoHotKey: copy file from Windows Explorer, paste path to Notepad2
I'm searching for a way to do that.
Using ArsClip's Clipboard Bar, I see that when I select a file o Windows Explorer and copy it, its full path is stored on clipboard.
If I keep selecting Windows ...
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Disable some Win+X hotkeys for Explorer from RegEdit under Windows 8.1
How to disable some of Win+X keys that are registered to Explorer so that they could be used by other software (e.g. disabling Win+I and Win+P and then mapping these keys from within Search Everything ...
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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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XP Right Click doesn't work for multiple selection
When I right click on a text file and select 'Open' it opens the file in notepad. But when I click multiple text files then select 'Open' nothing happens. Can someone help me on this? If it could be ...
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Mapping Ctrl+Shift+<key> to open folder puts focus on sort bar
I've got several Autohotkey shortcuts to open frequently opened folders. An example entry:
^+D:: Run "c:\Development"
This is a pretty simple script, and I know it's not AutoHotkey's fault, but ...
