AutoHotkey is a free, open-source scripting language for Windows that allows users to easily create small to complex scripts for all kinds of tasks such as: form fillers, auto-clicking, macros, …

AutoHotkey doesn't do anything on its own; it needs a script to tell it what to do. A script is simply a plain text file with the .ahk filename extension containing instructions for the program, like a …

Learn how to download and install AutoHotkey, to create a script, to use hotkeys and hotstrings, to send keystrokes, to run programs, etc.

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Using the Program covers the basics of how to use AutoHotkey. Consider installing an editor with AutoHotkey support to make editing and testing scripts much easier.

In addition, many of AutoHotkey's enhancements to the AutoIt v2 command set, as well as the Window Spy and the old script compiler, were adapted directly from the AutoIt v3 source code.

If this is the case, you cannot directly make that particular key a hotkey because your keyboard driver or hardware handles it at a level too low for AutoHotkey to access.

A tabular list of all language elements (commands, functions, control flow statements, etc.) available in AutoHotkey, including their description.

AutoHotkey has the power to define hotkeys that can be used anywhere or only within specific apps, performing any action that you are able to express with code.

Hotkey Creates, modifies, enables, or disables a hotkey while the script is running. Hotkey KeyName , Action, Options Parameters KeyName Type: String Name of the hotkey's …