AutoHotkey description
Script your own macros and hotkeys

Customize your keyboard, joystick, and mouse with an open source scripting language (AutoHotkey) that is backward compatible with AutoIt v2.

AutoHotkey it includes a quick-start tutorial, an automatic script writer (macro recorder) that records your keystrokes and mouse clicks, and a comprehensive help file.

Automate almost anything: Send keystrokes & mouse clicks; launch programs/documents; work with the clipboard, registry, & soundcard settings.

In addition to its automation features described below, AutoHotkey excels at hotkeys, able to make virtually *any* mouse/joystick button, keyboard key, or combination into a hotkey.

AutoHotkey it can also individually disable or override Windows' own shortcut keys, such as Win+E and Win+R. It may also help alleviate RSI; for example, it can create substitutes for Alt-Tab using keys, mouse wheel, or buttons.

AutoHotkey is a free, open-source utility for Windows. With it, you can:

Automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write a mouse or keyboard macro by hand or use the macro recorder.
· Create hotkeys for keyboard, joystick, and mouse. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a hotkey.
· Expand abbreviations as you type them. For example, typing "btw" can automatically produce "by the way".
· Create custom data entry forms, user interfaces, and menu bars. See GUI for details.
· Remap keys and buttons on your keyboard, joystick, and mouse.
· Respond to signals from hand-held remote controls via the WinLIRC client script.
· Run existing AutoIt v2 scripts and enhance them with new capabilities.
· Convert any script into an EXE file that can be run on computers that don't have AutoHotkey installed.

Here are some key features of "AutoHotkey":

· Retrieve or change the volume, mute, and other settings of any soundcard.
· Remap keys and mouse/joystick buttons.
· Send keystrokes and mouse clicks to any window (without even needing to activate it).
· Launch programs, shortcuts, URLs, and documents.
· Activate, hide, close, or resize any window.
· Make a window transparent and/or always-on-top.
· Define magic words that when typed trigger an action.
· Create custom tray icon menus.
· Use a joystick as a mouse.
· Monitor your system at chosen intervals (e.g. close unwanted windows the moment they appear).
· Automate game actions using high-performance hotkeys and commands such as PixelGetColor.
· Retrieve and change the clipboard's contents, even if it contains files copied from the Explorer.
· Copy, move, delete, or change the timestamp/attributes of a collection of files and folders.
· Perform any operation upon a set of files and folders that match a wildcard pattern.
· Read, write, and parse text files more easily than in most other languages.
· Work with the registry and INI files using the included interface commands.
· Display simple tooltips and balloon tips.
· Display dialog boxes to interact with the user.
· Convert any script into an EXE that can be run on any computer.