What to do when ControlSend or Send doesn't work? - autohotkey

Question

I recently upgraded to Windows 8.1 x64, now script that i was using doesn't work anymore. That script would right click tray icon of a certain program than navigate to one of its options then click that option.
Here is the script:::
;#NoTrayIcon
DetectHiddenWindows, On
;Outlook on the Desktop--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
^1:: ;25,000$ Fine Tuned
Info := TrayIcons("OutlookDesktop.exe") ; OutlookDesktop.exe is the prog i tested with
StringSplit, TrayInfo, Info,|
PostMessage, TrayInfo1, TrayInfo2, 0x0205,, ahk_id %TrayInfo3% ; this is the right-click
Sleep 500
Send {Down 3}{Right}{Down 7}{Right}{Down 4}{Enter}
return
^2:: ;Projects
Info := TrayIcons("OutlookDesktop.exe") ; OutlookDesktop.exe is the prog i tested with
StringSplit, TrayInfo, Info,|
PostMessage, TrayInfo1, TrayInfo2, 0x0205,, ahk_id %TrayInfo3% ; this is the right-click
Sleep 500
Send {Down 3}{Right}{Down 7}{Right}{Down 1 4}{Enter}
return
^3:: ;Due This Week - unfinished
Info := TrayIcons("OutlookDesktop.exe") ; OutlookDesktop.exe is the prog i tested with
StringSplit, TrayInfo, Info,|
PostMessage, TrayInfo1, TrayInfo2, 0x0205,, ahk_id %TrayInfo3% ; this is the right-click
Sleep 500
Send {Down 3}{Right}{Down 7}{Right}{Down 2 4}{Enter}
return
^4:: ;To-do Bar Calendar View
Info := TrayIcons("OutlookDesktop.exe") ; OutlookDesktop.exe is the prog i tested with
StringSplit, TrayInfo, Info,|
PostMessage, TrayInfo1, TrayInfo2, 0x0205,, ahk_id %TrayInfo3% ; this is the right-click
Sleep 500
Send {Down 3}{Right}{Down 7}{Right}{Down 7 4}{Enter}
return
; Found and abused from
; http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/topic17314.html
; thx, Sean ... GREAT WORK!
TrayIcons(sExeName = "OutlookDesktop.exe")
{
WinGet, pidTaskbar, PID, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
hProc := DllCall("OpenProcess", "Uint", 0x38, "int", 0, "Uint", pidTaskbar)
pRB := DllCall("VirtualAllocEx", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", 0
, "Uint", 20, "Uint", 0x1000, "Uint", 0x4)
VarSetCapacity(btn, 20)
VarSetCapacity(nfo, 24)
VarSetCapacity(sTooltip, 128)
VarSetCapacity(wTooltip, 128 * 2)
SendMessage, 0x418, 0, 0, ToolbarWindow32, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
Loop, %ErrorLevel%
{
SendMessage, 0x417, A_Index - 1, pRB, ToolbarWindow32, ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", pRB, "Uint", &btn, "Uint", 20, "Uint", 0)
iBitmap := NumGet(btn, 0), idn := NumGet(btn, 4), Statyle := NumGet(btn, 8)
dwData := NumGet(btn,12), iString := NumGet(btn,16)
DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", dwData, "Uint", &nfo, "Uint", 24, "Uint", 0)
hWnd := NumGet(nfo, 0), uID := NumGet(nfo, 4)
nMsg := NumGet(nfo, 8)
WinGet, pid, PID, ahk_id %hWnd%
WinGet, sProcess, ProcessName, ahk_id %hWnd%
WinGetClass, sClass, ahk_id %hWnd%
If !sExeName || (sExeName = sProcess) || (sExeName = pid)
{
DllCall("ReadProcessMemory", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", iString
, "Uint", &wTooltip, "Uint", 128 * 2, "Uint", 0)
DllCall("WideCharToMultiByte", "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0, "str", wTooltip
, "int", -1, "str", sTooltip, "int", 128, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0)
sTrayIcons .= nMsg "|" uID "|" hWnd
}
}
DllCall("VirtualFreeEx", "Uint", hProc, "Uint", pRB, "Uint", 0, "Uint", 0x8000)
DllCall("CloseHandle", "Uint", hProc)
Return sTrayIcons
}
;Outlook on the Desktop-----------------------END OF SCRIPT------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now i googled some more and found this script:::
BlockInput, on
pos := Tray_Define("CCC.exe", "i")
Tray_Click(pos, "R")
WinWait, ahk_class #32768
; WinHide, ahk_class #32768 ;this and next line are to hide the menu.
; WinKill, ahk_class SysShadow
ControlSend,,{Down}{Down}{Down}{Down}{Down}{ENTER},ahk_class #32768
BlockInput, off
ExitApp
Interestingly enough, script is working perfectly on Catalyst Control Centar (CCC.exe) but not on that program i want it to work on, it successfully right clicks but sending control commands is not working. (Also have tried with just Send instead of ControlSend)
What do you guys think is the problem here, why are ControlSend and Send commands not working? What do you suggest that i try?

Answer 1

This is an partial answer:
Since Windows 7, AHK must be always run as administrator, otherwise it shows strange behavior (sometimes not listening to hotkeys, sometimes not sending keys).
Please post your point with BlockIntput into another answer.