For a list of all built-in commands, function and variables, see section 5. So now that you have created a script, we need to add stuff into the file. A window should have popped up, probably Notepad.Find the newly created file on your desktop and Right-Click it.Click 'AutoHotkey Script' inside the 'New' menu.AutoHotkey is not magic, we all wish it was, but it is not.

Once you have AutoHotkey installed, you will probably want it to do stuff. Prints 'Hello, World' to Standard Output (stdout). Show a 'Hello World!' message in the traybar edit. Gui, Show, NoActivate, Title of Window NoActivate avoids deactivating the currently active window. (Stable and receives updates regularly) VersionĪutoHotkey 2.0-a* (Still in alpha stage) VersionĪchieve an effect similar to SplashTextOn Gui, +AlwaysOnTop +Disabled -SysMenu +Owner +Owner avoids a taskbar button. (Development was discontinued in 2011 Latest stable: 2009) VersionĪutoHotkey 1.1.* - previously known as AutoHotkey_L.

AutoHotkey 1.0.* - also retroactively known as AutoHotkey Basic, Classic, Vanilla, etc.

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