I'm trying to make AutoHotkey script to uninstall some desktop application, but when installer application opens, script doesn't see this window. This problem reproduces with uninstallation of 7-Zip. First of all, I disabled UAC in my Windows 10, so it will not disturb the script. Then I run the script:
Numpad0 & Numpad9::
Run, appwiz.cpl
Sleep, 1000
Send {TAB 4} ; Switch to text field
Sleep, 50
Send 7-Zip ; Find the product
Sleep, 1500
Send {Tab 6} ; Switch to product string
Sleep, 100
Send {Space} ; Activate product string
Sleep, 100
Send {Enter} ; Press product string
Sleep, 1000
Send U; Press Uninstall button
return
In this script everything works except last keypress. I tried to press Enter instead of U, I checked the current keyboard layout, nothing helps.
Thanks to FAQ of AHK, the problem was solved by running the script as administrator. Now it works.
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I want to automate UI clicking, I have the following script.
F2::
WinActivate, NoVirusThanks MAC Address Changer v1.0
F3::
ControlClick, TListView1, NoVirusThanks MAC Address Changer v1.0
F4::Send, {Tab}
My problem is, ControlClick is not working, and this is what I have tried.
I doubt if title is wrong, but WinActivate is working, so nope.
I doubt if hotkeys are conflicted, but WinActivate still works if assigned as F3.
I doubt if ControlClick is misused, so I try Send {Tab}, but the app doesn't navigate between widgets, which is not expected.
I press tab on physical keyboard, and it does move focus, navigate between buttons.
What should I suspect now?
Answering myself, so it looks like it has something to do with UAC & administrator mode. What make send not working is because the app is run as admin.
Solution:
Run script as admin works fine on me.
This post for more discussion.
My company has pushed a horrible app that has a default hotkey of ^!c, with no way to change it or to kill the app. This is my favorite key combo for my clipboard manager :) I have managed to block the app coming up with autohotkey, but ideally I would like to have it bring up my clipboard manager like it always has. I have tried several things. Autohotkey remapping ^!c to a different hotkey for the app doesn't seem to work, and just launching the clipboard manager exe doesn't work on any I've tried.
Is there a way to send a command to any clipboard managers aside from its hotkey? Am I correct in that remapping the key doesn't work, or is there some way around this?
If I map my clipboard manager to !F2, this doesn't bring it up, it just blocks the offending app:
^!c::!F2
This AutoHotkey script should achieve what you're looking for.
The idea is this: currently win+r opens the Run dialog, I want win+r to open/activate Notepad instead,
and to assign an alternative hotkey for the Run dialog.
To interact with rather than open the clipboard manager, should most probably require
the use of PostMessage/SendMessage or ControlSend, and DetectHiddenWindows, On.
Note: if you were able to change the shortcut key on your clipboard manager to a shortcut key you never use, perhaps Ctrl+Alt+D, then SendInput ^!d would trigger the program.
So you would change the hotkeys and edit/replace the Notepad lines below, to suit your requirements.
;tested on Windows 7
#r::
IfWinExist, ahk_class Notepad
WinActivate, ahk_class Notepad
else
Run, "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe"
Return
^#r::
SendInput #r
Return
Prehistory:
Some time ago Skype has assigned Ctrl+R hotkey to make a new call. This setting can't be disabled.
Sometimes I confuse browser window with Skype window and made a call to many people instead of refreshing browser window (I need to refresh browser window very often because of profession).
So I made a script to prevent sending Ctrl+R hotkey to Skype window, it works perfect, but sometimes I can't send Ctrl+R anywhere, not only Skype window.
Code:
;#NoTrayIcon
$^r::
WinGetClass, class, A
if (class != "TConversationForm")
Send ^r
return
Compiled binary: http://random.net.ua/SkypePreventHotkey.exe
Autohotkey version: 1.1.14.03
I have two improvements:
Use #If(...) for context-sensitive hotkeys whenever possible. In my experience, #If is more reliable due to various reasons. Also, you won't have to worry about non-affected windows (e.g. by deciding what to send); in fact, I believe that non-affected windows receive the original native keystrokes if the #If... condition comes up false.
AHK_L has a cool window selector called ahk_exe which lets you identify windows by their process name, rather than their class/title. It's possible that different windows of the same program have different class names, e.g. Windows Media Player in minimized/maximized mode. Possibly, Skype has that, too. That's why for more complex applications, it is often reasonable to identify by process name.
Mixing these suggestions into a solution, we get this brief piece of code:
; I hope it's skype.exe ;)
#IfWinActive ahk_exe skype.exe
^r::return
Instead of programmatically saying "If the active window isn't Skype, we send CTRL + R", we're now saying "If the window is Skype, we do nothing".
You could try something like
#InstallKeybdHook
SendMode, Input ; <---typically more reliable than send play mode
~$*^r:: ;<--- ~ means pass command to machine * means fire regardless of other hotkey modifiers.
Send, {Blind}{Ctrl Down}
Send, {R}
Send, {Ctrl Up}
return
I use a program called ACT! for my database. Whenever I script hotkeys it like to be sent commands like this vs. what you initially had (not that it was wrong).
If that doesn't work you could try adding: Sleep, 50 between each send (produces a delay) to see if that works. If so, you can cut each delay by 1/2 until it stops working again.
-islanq
Another solution using Autohotkey
#IfWinActive ahk_class tSkMainForm ;Skype
;prevent call
^r::
#IfWinActive
Anyway to get AutoHotkey to pop the Power Users Menu in Windows 8.1? Typically accessed via Win+X. I can get AHK to perform other Windows key based key combinations, such as Win+D, but the Win+X refuses. I have several other AHK scripts that work fine, all UAC issues have been eliminated. I have tried 'Send, {LWin Down} x {LWin Up}', 'Send, #x', changing SendMode to all various modes had no effect. Running the AHK script as Admin had no effect, not surprisingly since I am running as Administrator and I have UAC turned completely off.
You may ask why I want to do this. The reason is I want access to the 'Shutdown or sign out' menu, so I can trigger either restart or shutdown. This is so I can use an AHK to trigger my machine to restart or shutdown (laptop). I am doing this, because what I had been using previous to Win 8.1 stopped working, which was was, for example to shut down, 'Shutdown, 9'. The computer shuts down, but then starts back up, totally strange. When I use the Win+X menu, or Start8 (highly recommended) it works fine, and stays off. I even tried skipping AHK and was via my MS keyboard able to trigger a command-line one liner of 'Shutdown -s -f -t 00' which behaves the same as the AHKs attempt at shutting my computer down. And to review, the Win+X and Start8 shutdown options work fine.
So far this is WAY more work than it should be to trigger a shutdown from a button on my keyboard!
Any help is much appreciated.
EDIT: Example code was requested, please find the AutoHotkey Script shown below, as described the Power Users Menu does not appear.
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
SendMode Play ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
MsgBox, 4097, , ---------- The system will restart in 5 seconds. ----------, 5
IfMsgBox Timeout
{
;Shutdown will continue
}
else IfMsgBox Cancel
{
MsgBox Shutdown canceled.
return
}
;Does not work
;Send {LWin Down} x {LWin Up}
;Does not work
Send, #x
In case anyone else is looking for a solution to this problem, you have to set focus to the Windows taskbar before sending the keys, like this:
WinActivate, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
Send, #x
Maybe there is some other program that uses win+X. If another program assigns it's hotkey after your script runs, it is possible that it can hijack the hotkey.
Also, I don't know about windows 8, but in XP you could assign a hotkey to a shortcut, and there isn't any way to figure out which shortcut it belongs to. I found this out the hard way when I installed a certaing program and that app's installer set a hotkey to the shortcut - I couldn't get it to go away. I finally tracked it down.
Could you have a similar issue?
Also, if you use this, does it work? It is a good test for you.
#x::
msgbox, Hey, Bob!
return
If that works, then it may be an issue with whether win+X can be (or is being) accepted by the active program.
I use a laptop as my primary workstation. Sometimes I work alone on it, but a significant portion of the time, I'm at my office desk and I hook up an external monitor to increase my workspace.
Every time I perform this action, I click the same dialog boxes in Windows Vista to setup the dual screen and position the window. It seems like a repeatable task that I could automate.
I'd like to be able to plug in my monitor cable, double click a program and have it automatically configure the monitor.
What type of program could do this? I haven't found much online that relates. I'm thinking of trying an autohotkey script, or the Windows Accessibility API with PowerShell. Has this problem already been solved?
Clarification: I'm specifically looking to automate the steps I use with my mouse that invoke the base functionality in Windows Vista.
Right click on desktop
Select Personalize in context menu
Click display settings
Click monitor #2, then click checkbox to "Extend desktop to this monitor"
Click and drag monitor #2 to the left of monitor #1
Click OK to close the dialog
Click Yes in the subsequent pop up to accept these monitor settings
Update: Windows 7 does this automatically
I just upgraded to Windows 7 and it remembered my dual monitor settings. I set them once at work as listed above, then unplugged and worked at home over the weekend. I came in on Monday morning, booted up, plugged in and whammo! It just worked. Thanks Windows 7!
I haven't seen an existing utility that does this but it would be pretty easy to write one using the Win32 APIs. Via this page, EnumDisplayDevices gets a list of display devices, EnumDisplaySettingsEx gets the current settings and ChangeDisplaySettingsEx will make the changes.
The DEVMODE.dmPosition field should contain the virtual coordinates of the top left corner of the display, with the primary monitor always being (0,0) and the others relative to that.
The tool would need two modes, the first saves the current settings to a config file, and the second applies the settings from the config. I'd store/retrieve only the display device index, name, and each of the DEVMODE.dm* fields mentioned in the ChangeDisplaySettingsEx docs. A text-based config allows for hand-edits.
Try UltraMon for excellent dual monitor support. I've been using it for years on a number of different laptops and desktops and it works great. I've only used XP so I am not sure how it works with Vista.
My Leovo T60p does this automatically without any special steps. Try upgrading your video drivers, and check the manufacturer's site for any utilities that can do that.
If you have windows vista or 7 you could hit the windows_key + P. You have a bunch of options to select including extend
I believe Ultramon would in fact work. In the right-click menu on the Ultramon icon in the systray there is a "disable/enable secondary" command.
I think you could simply:
plug in the second monitor
select "enable secondary"
Here I am, three years later, answering my own question! Yay!!!
This is easily scripted with http://www.autohotkey.com
Here's an example script for swapping between one monitor and two monitors with Windows+1 and Windows+2. AutoHotKey also allows for click and drag behavior that would be needed to swap the position of the second monitor.
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
#Warn ; Recommended for catching common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
#1::
Send {LWin}
WinWaitActive Start menu
Send Adjust Screen Resolution
Send {enter}
WinWaitActive Screen Resolution
ControlClick ComboBox3
Send {PgDn}
Send {Up} ; Select "Show desktop only on 1"
Send {enter}
Sleep 3000 ; workaround - cannot select accept/revert window?
Send {left}
Send {enter} ; accept changes
Return
#2::
Send {LWin}
WinWaitActive Start menu
Send Adjust Screen Resolution
Send {enter}
WinWaitActive Screen Resolution
ControlClick ComboBox3
Send {PgDn}
Send {Up}
Send {Up} ; Select "Extend these displays"
Send {enter}
Sleep 3000 ; workaround - cannot select accept/revert window?
Send {left}
Send {enter} ; accept changes
Return