r/AutoHotkey

I want sticky keys enabled but only for Ctrl and Shift keys, not the Windows key. Can this be achieved through AHK?

Quite often here lately, I’ve seen people post a script or ask for help, and they’re using AHK v1.

AHKv2 has been the stable release for a while now. The syntax is cleaner, it’s more consistent, and it’s clearly the future of the language. It’s quite a bit better.

Why would you choose to learn the older version from scratch (especially given the brain-melting syntax, as u/Keeyra_ put it)? For me, I’ll admit that I’m locked in to v1 for my work, so there’s that. But I’ve switched to v2 for everything else.

Is it outdated tutorials? Misleading search results pointing to old docs? Path dependency? Locked in for some reason? Genuinely curious what’s driving this.

I've been going through this reddit and looking at videos online and following all of the tips and AutoHotKey just wont run on start up.

I've got a folder in C: Scripts with all of my AHK file. I make a shortcut and then place the shorcut in Shell:Startup and then I restart and it just doesn't run.

How can I make it where my AHKs all run on Start up? Am I missing a step?

I tried so many different scripts, and I'm getting disappointed every time. Let alone the larger projects, I can't even get these small scripts to work...

Problem 1: I want to pause the video in VLC after 5 seconds:

HotIfWinActive "ahk_class Qt5QWindowIcon" 
^SPACE:: 
Sleep 5000 
Send "SPACE"

getting this error message: "HotIfWinActive "ahk_class Qt5QWindowIcon", this line does not contain a recognise action.

Problem 2: this hotkey stays activated even when I am not using the specified apps

HotIfWinActive "ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1"
HotIfWinActive "ahk_class Qt691QWindowIcon"

XButton1::Backspace 

Thank you in advance for you help, I am out of my wits.

I created a simple accessibility script that grants you mouse usina any keyboard's keypad, I used it in Live Gameplay, you can find it in my youtube channel linked in my profile. The script is on github open-source for non profit use.

(Script in comments)

I'm not a programmer, but I like shortcuts more than I probably should. My friend GPT helped me with all the commands and I organized them into a pocket-sized toolkit.

I use a laptop without a mouse most of the time, so these little shortcuts make my life a little less lifeless.

; Is there any point in sharing this with the experts?...

[My keyboard model](https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BHR39N8Z)

In the top right corner are select all, copy, paste and cut keys that I never press. I do not want to change what keys trigger copy etc.

I want to find their key identifiers (?) numbers (?), so I can use things like autohotkey to change their function.

I've tried "what key am I pressing" but it just reads as if I pressed ctrl then V in sequence

In powertoys remap a key, entering the key to select it just gets C/V/A etc.

There's a ton of unknown key names like "VK #". How would I go about finding the right ones if applicable

Now that using Windows has gotten so horrible I'm not sure what to do.

I will never infect my computer with Win11. In the month of April, automatic updates to Win10 have gotten so numerous it's getting hard to use with all the warnings from my update blocking script. At last count I was getting around forty popups per day.

No, Microcrap is not suppose to be sending out Win10 updates anymore but they are working hard to do it. Those updates are not actually updates, but designed to degrade Win10 to the point it's nearly unusable. Some of the components downloaded with the "Updates" are actually tools to uninstall non-microsucks software. I've seen the tools in the download folder with my own eyes, so it's not just tinfoil hat, deep conspiracy Youtube channel rhetoric.

So now I'm at the point I need to make a drastic decision.

1. Switch to Linux without an AHK option. 20+ years of AHK scripts I use every day will be useless.
2. Allow Windows to downgrade but keep using my AHK scripts, that is if Microshit doesn't uninstall AHK.
3. Set the Upgrade Blocking script to work in the background. Which would mean blocking updates for all the software I use.
4. Using my PC as is with either windows downgrading to nearly unusable or pop ups making it nearly unusable.

I'm making one last attempt at finding an AHK alternative for Linux. Even though I've been actively looking for over a year, maybe there's an AHK alternative I have just missed. I've only discovered a couple being ported for Linux but they seem to be far from being usable as of yet.

Keysharp is the one that looks like the best option but it still isn't ready. There was one other that looked promising but now I can't find it again. Here's hoping something else exist.

Edit, the one I couldn't remember is Autokey. I would like to give this one a try but for my life I can't figure out how to install it.

Hey big dudes, i'm in closed into user-scope. Using the business workstation, limited access of device Administrator. I have multiple ahk scripts (v1,v1_h,v2,v2_h,v2.1) but every time i need set manually Autohotkey.exe path ( Open With -> Choose Another App ) then choose correct version of the script.

h mean https://hotkeyit.github.io/v2/

There is a way without use Autohotkey V2 switcher? By the way on my PC, this works #Requires AutoHotkey v2.0 but there is other problem when the script use v1_h or v2_h versions, #Requires not work for that.

Hi everyone, total newbie here

I initially installed AHK because I wanted to bypass some hardcoded keybinds in TES IV Oblivion.

I've succeeded making the remaps I wanted, but I realized there was no "Toggle sprint" option in the game, only "Hold".

So here I am trying to write a little script to make toggling possible, but I encountered a small problem.

What I want, basically, is that whenever I press the wheel button on my mouse, my character keeps sprinting without having to hold said wheel button.

I came accross this script which I adapted to my needs :

MButton::

{

static Toggle := 0

click( "{" ( toggle := !toggle ? "MButton down" : "MButton up" ) "}" )

}

Now, here's the problem : when I run the script, the first time I press the button, it works as intended. When I click a second time, it stops as intended.

But when I try to click a 3rd time, nothing's happening anymore !

I'm totally lost. I've tried resolving this on my own but with no success, so I hope some of you guys will be able to help ^^'

(ps: sorry for my english if there's any grammar mistakes)

I was actually able to create a similar script to this that types parentheses instead of quotations:

!9::

Send, ()

Send {Left}

#NoTrayIcon

I have never been able to figure out how to do this with quotation marks, any ideas?

thanks in advance!

I have this line to rebind control to alt because my control key doesn't work.

LAlt::LCtrl

It seems to work in other contexts except Starcraft 2. The game does register my alt presses as ctrl. The problem is when I tried to change my keybindings in the settings, it couldn't bind combinations of alt + another key. Normally in sc2 you would be able to bind combinations with modifier keys (shift, ctrl, alt).

The problem seems to be that now my alt key (which is bound to be Ctrl) only sends a signal on release. I tested this with online keyboard testers and I seem to be correct. So I need a way to make it so that it also sends a signal while it's pressed down or something like that.

Btw I also have this line to make AltTab work.

<!Tab::AltTab

No idea what that means. Holding down alt works when I'm alt tabbing, so that's weird.

I have the following AHK v2 (2.0.26) script that allows me to if Caps lock or Left Windows Key is on to instead of default Mouse Wheel Scroll down,
Send Right Key to fast forward youtube.

#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
Persistent()  
#SingleInstance Force 
SendMode "Input"
A_MaxHotkeysPerInterval := 500 
A_HotkeyInterval := 2000

~LWin::{
    Send "{Blind}{VKFF}" ;prevent LWin on its own
}

#HotIf !GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T") && !GetKeyState("LShift", "P") && GetKeyState("LWin", "P")
<#WheelDown::  {  
    Send("{Right}")
}
#HotIf

#HotIf GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T") && !GetKeyState("LShift", "P") && !GetKeyState("LWin", "P")
WheelDown:: {  
    Send("{Right}")
}
#HotIf

However the Left Windows Hold button does not suppress the Windows key always and the Windows Start menu pops up when going forward (around the 5th scroll) despite it being suppressed in AHK and working for the first scroll down. This is despite it being EXPLICITLY set to never show even if Windows button is pressed on its own.

I guess the problem is due to rapid number of keys being fired when scrolling. This happens when the Windows button is not depressed but key up all the time without changing.

I have added suppression on the Up press too but this doesn't change the symptoms

~LWin Up::{
    ;WindowsFunctions.PreventOpenStartMenu()
     Send "{Blind}{VKFF}"
}~LWin Up::{
    ;WindowsFunctions.PreventOpenStartMenu()
     Send "{Blind}{VKFF}"
}

When holding Win button and right arrow press multiple times the Start Menu suddenly appears when Mouse wheel scrolling down.

What I believe is related to solving the problem is the A_MaxHotkeysPerInterval setting. I am forced to use it as otherwise I get a warning of

"71 hotkeys have been received in the last 1562ms. Do you want to continue? (see A_MaxHotkeysPerInterval in the help file)

So it seems without A_MaxHotkeysPerInterval I get the YesNo option but with the script acts inconsistent when reaching many hotkeys e.g. 71 hotkeys in 1.5 seconds.
I have a free wheel scroll mouse which explains the large number of events per second.

I played around with A_MaxHotkeysPerInterval and A_HotkeyInterval these but this doesn't make much a difference what I set it to. Almost as if there is hardcode limit for A_MaxHotkeysPerInterval so the value I set doesn't matter.

I have another test where I use CAPS lock for fast forward. Since it doesn't use Windows key it doesn't have the Start Menu problem. However it sometimes instead of sending the right arrow sends a normal wheel down. This is strange since it means the simple code of

#HotIf GetKeyState("CapsLock", "T") && !GetKeyState("LShift", "P") && !GetKeyState("LWin", "P")
WheelDown:: {  
Send("{Right}")
}
#HotIf

Can fail and revert to default behavior.

I use a presentation software (Proclaim, if anyone is actually familiar with it) that allows me to toggle a quick slide and the active slide. For instance, I could put up the company logo while the speaker is elaborating and put up the quote he is reading from when he is actively reading. The native key to put up the logo is F11, F12 returns me to the most recent active slide. Almost all the keys I use are in easy reach of the arrow keys, except these. I would like to consolidate the motion. Since Up is the same as Left and Down is the same as Right, they are redundant - So I would like to map Up to be F11 and Down to be F12 (put up logo, take down logo).

I tried a variety of things already for the most basic

::Down::F11

then

::{Down}::{F11}

then

::{Down}::Send {F11} ;And also without the brackets

I get one of two errors each time:

1. It gets mad because I have a bracket where I am not supposed to

2. "Expected string but received Function instead"

My gut is telling me that either arrow keys cannot be remapped, or that I cannot map to an F key. But I haven't found anything saying that save this thread which seems to have conflicting opinions and several other threads seem reach the consensus that you can indeed map to an F key. Thus far, I haven't found anyone trying to make Arrows do anything special, so that is my current theory as to the issue, but I figured I would ask before giving up entirely.

SOLVED: Probably been said many times before, but don't test your scripts in Notepad!

Hey folks,

I'm trying to write a simple script to automate some of the phrases I have to type at work. My script is painfully simple but doesn't work:

F13::
{
SendText "Alt HW ist im EGS angekommen."
}

But when I activate and test it, I get errors, it might work once or twice out of ten times:

Alt HW ist im EGS angekommen.

Alt HW ist im EGS angekommen.

Alt GS angekommen.

Alt HW ngekommen.

Alt HW ist im ekommen.

Alt HW gekommen.

Alt HW ………..

Alt …………….

Alt gekommen.

Alt …………………….

Has anyone had this problem before, and can you tell me what I've done wrong?

I have 3 different user accounts that I'll use depending on what I'm doing. I'm lazy and typing usernames is hard, so I have an AHK script setup to type out each of them for me. I mostly use this for RDP. This is never worked on UAC popups when trying to run something as admin, but I've learnt to live with that. Using it for RDP was where it was most useful.

The script is pretty simple, but it's worked well for me for the past few years. Ctrl + Shift + F1/F2/F3 will type each of the usernames for me.

^+F1::

sendraw Username_1

return

^+F2::

sendraw Username_2

return

^+F3::

sendraw Username_3

return

I was given a new work laptop this week and copied all my AHK scripts over and re-installed AHK (v1.1.37.02). Everything else is working as expected, but for some reason, now I cant use me username script to type my usernames into RDP login windows. It's just not typing anything. It will type out my usernames into Notepad without any problems.

And I've tried changing from SendRaw to Send, SendEvent, SendInput, and SendPlay with no success.

Anyone have any ideas as to what might be causing this to no longer work the way it used to?

Unfortunately I cant go back to my old laptop to see what version of AHK it was running, it's already been wiped.

TIA