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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: March 30, 2008
- Total Downloads: 144,482
- Downloads last week: 462
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 143 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This freeware program lets power users perform complex operations by pressing a few keys. A quick glance shows that the AutoHotkey script language offers a wide range of opportunities.
First, it can run programs, manipulate program windows, and send keystrokes or mouse clicks. Multimedia or Internet keyboards are supported, and you can plug in nonstandard devices. It can also handle files and folders. For instance, it can check whether there is enough free disk space, then delete all temporary files if there isn't. Most remarkably, you can pack your scripts into EXE files that will run on any PC, even without AutoHotkey installed.
AutoHotKey hogs a grand total of only 1MB of memory when running in the background. However, the user interface is minimal, so you will have to read the manual carefully and write scripts yourself. The program works great as a script-running engine, but we would like to see more tools in the interface, such as a script library and an integrated scripting environment. AutoHotkey should appeal to advanced users with some command of scripting and a dislike for removing their fingers from the keyboard.
Publisher's description
From AutoHotkey :This open-source utility can automate almost anything by sending keystrokes and mouse clicks. You can write macros by hand or use the macro recorder. You can also create hotkeys for keyboard, mouse, joystick, and handheld remote controls. Virtually any key, button, or combination can become a hotkey. Similarly, you can define abbreviations that expand as you type them. For example, typing btw can automatically produce by the way. Finally, you can create custom data entry forms, user interfaces, and menu bars.
Other features: remap keys; change soundcard settings (like volume or mute); use a joystick or keyboard as a mouse; make any window transparent, always-on-top, or alter its shape; manipulate the clipboard; customize the tray menu's icon and menu items; and run existing AutoIt v2 scripts; and convert any script into an EXE file that can be run on any PC. Version 1.0.47.06 has dynamic function calling and fixes two minor bugs.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.0.47.06 has dynamic function calling and fixes two minor bugs.
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User reviews of AutoHotkey 1.0.47.06
- Average user rating: 4.4 stars out of 143 votes
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: AutoHotkey 1.0.47.06
"Superb! THE best free macro recorder."
Pros: Very powerful; intuitive; supports multiple instances; excellent help documentation; small footprint. All the great things you look for in a simple program.
Cons: If you don't have any programming experience, you may find that this program's script-based use is confusing at first. It is a simple language, however, so you will pick it up fast, especially with the included help.
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Version: AutoHotkey 1.0.47.06
"Works well and easy to learn"
Pros: I heard about this software from the people at donationcoder.com who use it. It's easy to learn, and you can make all sorts of programs with it. You can even convert them to .exe so they work on any computer!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: AutoHotkey 1.0.47.06
"Maybe my favorite freeware ... Couldn't live with it now."
Pros: Whether automating mindless, repetitive tasks
Win requires or scripting complex, automated
routines, AHK gives a whole other dimension
to Win computing ...
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Version: AutoHotkey 1.0.47.06
"Very Good for handling repetitive tasks"
Pros: Fairly easy to use and help is generally good when writing scripts.
Cons: It seems the file browsing is pretty slow as you wait quite a while for it to do a search. I was surprised there doesn't seem to be a way to do a general file search and then check the results without user help.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: AutoHotkey 1.0.47.06
"An excellent program for both simple and complex macros."
Pros: The level of control AutoHotkey provides is amazing. It doesn't just record your actions. It records them acording to the current window. If I have NotePad open and copy into IE. It remembers that I copied from NotePad, not position 358, 591 on the screen.
It provides an easy to use recorder, so you can record the macros yourself, but it also allows you to edit the macro. That way you can record the basic motions you want it to perform and edit them to do exactly what you want it to do.
Cons: There is a bit of a learning curve to be able to utilize the more advanced capabilities of this program. However, the documentation is excellent, which allows you to write macros that do EXACTLY what you want them to.
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