^B::
Send, Hello World
return
This is my script-file made for AutoHotKey. How can I launch this file automatically when my PC starts? Now it is is all fine, but after reboot I've to launch it manually. Thanks!
You’re gonna have to add it to your startup programs
Press Windows key + R, paste this file path in there and press enter: %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup
Right click -> New -> Shortcut
In the shortcut window click on “Browse” and then select your AHK file
to do that:
1. press win+r
2. type shell:startup
3. copy paste your ahk file from the folder to the place which just opened
… and you‘re done!
You can Use the Windows Registry.
It Will Launch the .ahk File automatic after rebooting your System.
Try this AHK Code:
c:\examples\example1.ahk
^B::
Send, Hello World
return
^r::
RegWrite, REG_SZ, HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run,example1,"c:\examples\example1.ahk" /background
return
You can press (Ctrl + r) it will put the values into the Registry.
Now you are ready to go. Everytime if you Start your PC, it will Automatic run the example1.ahk File.
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I want to be able to press . in any folder that I'm in File Explorer and open Visual Studio Code on that folder. It is the same effect as right-clicking and clicking "Open with Code". Pressing . is just like I could do on the GitHub website.
It might not be officially possible, but are there any workarounds to make it work?
The biggest issue is getting the current location from windows explorer. This requires some reverse engineering to get the memory address where windows explorer stores the location. If for any reason this address changes, you will need to find it again.
Besides that, windows supports global keyboard hooks. So you'd like to set up a global keyboard hook for your . key. The windows API also provides methods to get the active window. So whenever the . key is pressed, you can check that the active window is an explorer window. Then you'd read the current folder from the explorer window's memory. After that you've got everyting you need to start visual studio code.
This is very hacky, but I guess it's the only choice you have. Topics to research are:
Keyloggers - These for instance use the global hooks I mentioned
Generic reverse engineering - To find the address of the current location in windows explorer
Edit: Autohotkey post about how to get the windows explorer location. If that works as people claim, autohotkey can also be used to register a hook for the . key and launch VS code.
Thank you #AdrAs and #SarvinR for the answers. I used Sarvin's solution for a while, while trying to google and make sense of Adr's solution. Sarvin's solution is very useful if you're not trying to download any external programs, but if you want the true solution to this question, I finally managed it here:
Download AutoHotKey. It's good if you're familiar with it. AHK basically creates hotkeys (or shortcuts) like Adr described.
(If you have an existing ahk that you use, you can skip these steps and copy the code block down below)
Create a new AutoHotKey script by right-clicking on your desktop or anywhere in file explorer (we're gonna move it later so it doesn't matter). Name it whatever you want. I'm going to call it MyScript.ahk for this answer (I actually used david.ahk for myself).
Now, open command prompt (win + r, cmd, enter) and look for where VSCode is by typing where code. It will probably give you two lines. Take note of one of the lines (I chose the top one).
Right-click the ahk script file that you just created and choose Edit Script (or you can open it with notepad++ or VSCode or any editor of your choice, it's just a normal text file). Delete everything and paste this in:
#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
GetActiveExplorerPath()
{
explorerHwnd := WinActive("ahk_class CabinetWClass")
if (explorerHwnd)
{
for window in ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").Windows
{
if (window.hwnd==explorerHwnd)
{
return window.Document.Folder.Self.Path
}
}
}
}
#IfWinActive ahk_exe Explorer.exe
.::
path := GetActiveExplorerPath()
run, "C:\Users\david\AppData\Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\bin\code" "%path%"
return
On the second last line, replace the VSCode location with what you just saw in cmd. You most likely have to just change the username from david to your name.
Now, save the file try opening it (double click the ahk). If it works, a green H icon should appear on your tray without any errors. Go into any file directory in Windows File Explorer and hit . like you would normally do in GitHub. (Do Not do this in large directories like your root C:. There will be too many files for VSCode to load). It should work like expected, and if it doesn't, you did something wrong (I did the exact same thing like I just described and it works).
Now, of course, you would want to run this script on startup. Copy/Move the .ahk file into C:\Windows\System32. It will ask you for administrator permissions, so click yes. Open the registry editor (win + r, regedit, enter). Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run. On the right side pane, right click on the empty space then create a new String Value with any name (I used davidAHK) and set its value to your ahk file that you just copied/moved with quotes ("C:\Windows\System32\david.ahk" for my case). Close the Registry Editor and safely restart your computer. The ahk script should run on start up and you should be able to click . in any directory in file explorer to open VSCode.
Again, thank you #AdrAs and #SarvinR for your help!
I have an trick for this
Create vs.bat and write this code in that
#echo off
code %cd%
And Move this file to C:/Windows/System32/
Now All Set.
If you type vs on the address bar of explorer your vs code with current folder will open
open VSCode -> command+shift+p -> Enter shell command – > click the prompt "shell command: install 'code' command in path"
open directory -> code .
I wanted launch VS Code with the open folder OR the selected files, using AHK v2, and I wanted it to be plug & play for other users. Here's the result:
#Requires AutoHotkey v2.0
; This is the key combo.
#!.::
{
; Is the current window an Explorer window?
if (WinGetClass("A") == "CabinetWClass") {
; Cache the current clipboard contents.
clipboard := A_Clipboard
; Clear the clipboard & copy selected files.
A_Clipboard := ""
Send "^c"
ClipWait(0.5)
; If no files are selected...
if (A_Clipboard == "") {
; Get the current window's ID.
hwnd := WinGetID("A")
; Find the current window's COM object.
for window in ComObject("Shell.Application").Windows{
if (window && window.hwnd && window.hwnd == hwnd)
; Get the current folder's path.
path := window.Document.Folder.Self.Path
}
}
else {
; Quote & space-concatenate selected files.
path := '"' . StrReplace(A_Clipboard, "`n", '" "') . '"'
}
; Restore the clipboard.
A_Clipboard := clipboard
; Run code.
exe := '"' . StrReplace(A_AppData, "Roaming", "Local\Programs\Microsoft VS Code\code") . '"'
Run(exe . " " . path)
}
}
Works like a charm, and it's a piece of cake to install & run on your machine! Instructions at the repo.
I want to be able to launch the script file .ahk in edit mode (in sublime), reload, pause etc script via a windows shortcut.
Basically I want some of the following commands, (edit, reload):
Is there a flag like /e or --edit --reload that is specified in the windows shortcut editor dialog & command line so as to launch the any of above commands:
Thanks
There are built-in commands for both Reload and Edit
You can just assign hotkeys to the commands, to execute them directly inside of the code:
^!r::Reload ; Ctrl+Alt+R
^!e::Edit ; Ctrl+Alt+E
Is it possible to operate. Exe application from command promt.?
I have a problem where i have tologin to my window application from command promt.
I can open the application but ubable to click file menu(login, save, etc).
You should be able to alt + f when the exe application window is selected
I've been stopping commands with the trash can for too long. Command period doesn't work on Mac. I can't find anywhere how to stop the terminal via a command. What is it?
You can terminate with the Trash icon like you do,
or press Ctrl + C. That's the shortcut from the default Terminal application and it also works in Visual Studio Code.
Ctrl + C works in the terminal, but it didn't work for me in Visual Studio Code. However, hitting Q did (when running a git diff for example).
In certain cases, such as running a Node.js server, Ctrl + C wouldn't work. Instead, you can stop the app or command by pressing Ctrl + Alt + M (i.e., Ctrl + Option + M for Mac users).
Sample JavaScript code to demonstrate this:
const http = require('http');
http.createServer((req, res) => {
res.write('Hello, World!!');
res.end();
}).listen(5000, () => console.log('Server running...'));
If you are on Linux, open the shortcuts:
Then type kill, and this option will appear.
Double-click on the record, choose a shortcut for it, open the terminal, Ctrl + J, and press the shortcut you chose.
The difference in pressing Ctrl + J and then Ctrl + J again to close, is that it will not keep the terminal process, but only close it.
Neither Ctrl + C nor the trash icon actually stopped the server for me.
If you are using the Live Server extension by Ritwick Day, there should be a label on the bar at the bottom for the status of the server.
If it reads Port: 5500 it means it's running. Just click on it to stop it.
Stop live server
The same label now should say Go Live. Click on it in order to do exactly that.
Start live server
Many Mac users (including me) get confused with the Cmd and Ctrl keys. But Ctrl + C should work fine.
Hitting Esc clears out the terminal and cancels everything.
You can stop any running command by pressing Ctrl + C on your keyboard.
If it is ':' you see, then Q + Enter.
For example: git config --list (this will take you to the colon(':') and you may not be able to escape this)
In Visual Studio Code, first hit Ctrl + C.
It will ask the following question;
Terminate batch job (Y/N)?
Press Y + Enter.
After this, run the following command on the prompt:
exit + <Enter>
It will stop the instance.
You can kind of bypass the issue by writing
system("pause") at the very end of your main function. That works for me like a charm...
In Visual Studio (2022) the shortcut may actually Ctrl+Pause/Break instead of Ctrl+C.
Is it possible to substitute AltTab with only one key press ?
i tried this one but it doesn't work
`::AltTab
I use this, you may need to change the Sleep delay.
`::
Send {Alt Down}{Tab}
Sleep 100
Send {Alt Up}
return
I am running Windows 8.1 64-bit and AutoHotkey v1.1.16.05. And my C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkeyU64.exe is digitally signed by running the script described here (EnableUIAccess.zip) so that Windows allows it to simulate Alt+Tab. The digital sign is required if you are using Windows Vista and onwards.
Download the zip file and extract it. Then run EnableUIAccess.ahk:
It will ask which AutoHotkey executable to sign. Pick one that you need (AutoHotkeyA32.exe, AutoHotkeyU32.exe, AutoHotkeyU64.exe or AutoHotkey.exe).
Then it will ask to save the new executable. You can choose to overwrite the original file or save as another executable.
Finally it will ask to create a "Run Script with UI Access" context menu item. If you choose 'Yes', then you can right-click a .ahk file and choose "Run Script with UI Access", which will use the digitally signed executable to run the .ahk file. But if you choose to overwrite the original file in step 2, then it is not necessary to create this context menu item.
From the docs:
Each Alt-Tab hotkey must be a combination of two keys, which is typically achieved via the ampersand symbol (&).
http://ahkscript.org/docs/Hotkeys.htm#AltTabDetail
You might even be able to avoid messing around with UIAccess and administrator privileges. This works for me on Windows 8.1:
`::Run "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Window Switcher.lnk"
And for others who are struggling with getting a two-key combination working on Windows 8 or 10, here's an example using Ctrl-Tab to trigger the window switcher:
^Tab::
Run "C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\Window Switcher.lnk"
SetTimer EnterOnKeyUp, -1
return
EnterOnKeyUp:
WinWaitActive ahk_class TaskSwitcherWnd
KeyWait Ctrl
Send {Enter}
SetTimer EnterOnKeyUp, Off
return
* Inspired by: Fully Working Alt Tab Win 8