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I was wondering what are the always running ahk stuff you ppl use?

Mine are (all in one script):

- A shitload of hotkeys
- Text AutoReplace
- Two Custom User Menus
- Desktop Sidebar
- Volume OSD
- Cmd prompt in explorer's address bar
- Autostart IntelliSense when I'm editing an ahk script (and close when I'm done)
- Auto button click for many windows (nag removal etc)
- Mp3 search & play (the invisible one)
- A Folder menu consisting of a list of my most used folders + 10 last used folders (to open explorer or cmd prompt there)
- Support for my multimedia keys
- WinShade
- Process Altering (change priority / kill etc.)
- Wallpaper changer
- Small yellow sticky notes on desktop (using tooltips ; )
- Open cmd window here for explorer
- Create new folder at current location by single keypress
- Winamp's current song notifier
- Auto Reload
- Run any script copied to clipboard
- Boss key
- And a biggie : AutoRun checker that i made sometime ago for myself... this scans any item added to registry startups / startup group / auto-running services etc. and asks for confirmation.
- maybe some more...


Just think if I'd to have these without ahk, how many apps i'd have to keep running?! ....no wonder ahk is indispensable for me!

care to post yours?!

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At the moment it's just
-my ToDoApp
-some Hotkeys to make entering bbcode easier


btw. did you publish that? I'd be interested

Another point. Looking at your list and seeing so much little tricks, helper, goodies I ask myself if it isn't time to develop some kind of super-tool that lets you customize what goodies to add. I'm speaking of developing some kind of standard of format for these little helper to create some kind of modules which can be combined very easily.
Then everyone could pick all the modules he thinks he needs and create his own super-tool. Know what I mean or what I'm speaking about?

I have only two that sit in the systray but they get me to everything else that I need.

First, I have a "mouse anywhere" pop-up menu that has about 10 sub-menu's. From this menu, I also have the option of running your 320 mph launcher which quickly gets me to the scripts that I need to run once daily.

Secondly, I have a modified version of Seek by PHI that has access to my enitre command line history file (grows dynamically over time but saves only unique items). I call this SeekCMD. Instead of launching, it pastes the line into any one of your cmd windows. Basically, it uses a hotstring that you hit while inside of a cmd window and up pops the seek window. Type in a few characters of what you are looking for and double-click on the item. It pastes the string into the cmd window and hides the seek window again.

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I usually only leave a couple running:

- Generic Timed Backup script
- An MP3 Player

but I run many others frequently that either close by themselves or that I close when I'm not using.

@AGU
the recent folders script i use is a completely re-written version of this script. i already used a menu of my most used folders and then i merged a list of last used folders to its end. this is a real time saver! i recently increased the no. of menu items from 5 to 10.

there isn't needed a super tool to join scripts.... i even doubt if one can be made. anyways, there are a few general principles, most of which are generally known:
- The auto-execute sections of all scripts have to be at one place
- The sections/functions can be anywhere
- The sections/functions should have unique names
- The var names shouldn't clash (remember unlike sections/functions, an error in this would not cause an alert by ahk, just your script will fail)
- The definitions of coordmode, winmatchmode, etc. are tricky...you've to define them in particular sections if they don't take the general definition.
- use functions!!... though mine has none but had Chris implemented them sooner, i'd have a shitload of them. with their local variables they're best added to these do-all scripts.

and there's a downpart of having run as needed scripts... more resources needed to run more apps. true i run scripts as needed all the time (like 320mph etc.) but most of the stuff in my list above need hotkeys or timers (nag removal / recent folders etc.) which have to be kept running.

lets see what other users have ...

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1) autostart:

- blockit access (login)
- freq used hotstrings
- cmd prompt in explorer address bar
- cmd/console here explorer
- new folder here
- virtual desktops
- multimedia key support
- file integrity checker
- numpad as mouse
- others

timer/scheduler which starts:

- Automated popup for (auto)update and import/activate:
AntiVir/F-PROT/SpyBot S&D/Spywareblaster/BlocklistManager/HOSTS and PAC (eDexter)/AGNIS

- Automated backup

2) Then a tray menu with:

- blockit screensaver
- incremental backup now
- spellcheck toggle (simple hotstrings autoreplace file)
- encryption toggle
- launcher (320mph)
- other

submenu edit-ahk:

- IntelliSense
- AutoSyntaxTidy
- Scriptlet Library
- Auto Reload
- SplashImage Maker
- Menumaker
- Zoomer
- other


Still need (wannahaves):

- Secure, Browser independent Auto-Login, Formfiller

Working on it now, more here...

- Screensaver/Wallpaper manager
- AutoStart manager/checker (with informational database)
- Application/Data checker, memory and disk (primitive anti-virus/nasties checker)
- Extended search/replace (reg exp supported file/in-file/in-disk-catalog)
- AHK-only Explorer replacement
- Processes/services manager (Extended Taskmanager replacement)
- Clipboard manager full support (image, binary, rtf etcet)
- Backup with changes-only updater
- Auto-Update-Checker (General, Applications)
- Auto-Update Bootable/Rescue ISO
- Auto-Update WinOS-install unattended (service packs, hotfixes) ISO
- Auto-Update Multi-Boot CD or DVD ISO
- Mail/Chatclient

etcetetcet...

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My favorite that i run all day every day is the:
Mouse Tool Tip Menu (with out the use of the ini file).

I also use: Transpara (windows shading)

and of course the Main AHK exe with use of the ini File, i have many, many hot keys and macros set up in there.

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Would you mind sharing this? I'd love to be able to replace the application I currently use for this feature (Dialog Box Assistant).

Woohoo! I do not use AHK this extensive ^^

I just start a script to manage my mostly used Hotstrings (most of them are used to start programms) and a little transparent Edit-Field which appears if I move the mouse in the left above corner (so I can enter my commands).

My favorite command at home is "helpme" to start the AHK-help ^^

All the other time I use AHK to develop some programs with some thousand lines of code...

Thalon

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@ TucknDar
as a non-AHK workarround you can create a folder (eg. "MyFavs") and put links to your favourite folders/apps into it. Afterwards right click at the Taskbar select Toolbars\NewToolbar and point to that folder. With a right click at the new Toolbars Name which now should appear at the taskbar you can configure it (open Folder, sort etc.)

You can use AHK's FileCreateShortcut to push new entries to that folder. eg. the last 10 most recently used apps/folders which you can identify checking "C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\My Recent Documents" (?). Untested brainfart.

Happy Scripting.

thanks for the suggestion, BoBo

I'm new to AutoHotkey (gee, really ) and I was wondering how I should have scripts automatically started with windows. Yes, I know I can put links in the startup-folder, and it's the way I wanna do it. But I don't want a million instances of AutoHotkey.exe running, and I'd prefer not to have to rewrite a bunch of scripts either, so is there an easy solution?

I found this thread with a solution, but I suppose I'd have to rewrite scripts to take full advantage? Or would it be as simple as replacing ExitApp and Exit with Return to be sure an included script doesn't exit the Master script? I should probably start a new thread with this, but hopefully the answer will be something simple like "Yes" and we can get back to topic...

I'm sorry but I guess the answer is no.
1) variables/functions/subroutines might have the same name
2) Guis might have the same id
3) some scripts need to be restarted to work correctly, so they have to be rewritten completly.

But it all depends on what scripts you want to use.

I use a small toolbar with buttons to call the script I currently need. It also support drag&drop of file/folders for some buttons, which is the advantage of using button controls.

Have you had a look at ac'tivaid from Tekl?

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toralf

Lots and lots of hotkeys that I've been working on (opens programs, websites, etc).
Favorite folders script, but after hearing the favorite folders with the previously used folders, I'm going to encorporate that into my script.

Hotstrings to make BBCode, html, css, and more languages alot faster to write. Also setting something up for all of my accounting classes for common terms.

Spell correcter script (have to insert into main script, it's by istelf right now but I hardly run it).

I'm going to be making a tray icon soon with a tray menu...but I'm not sure what I'm going to put on it yet.


And i've just started creating mine tonight. ahha.

That, lolz.

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I love my wife and daughter so much.

My constant script is 1269 lines long. and It's not even half way done yet haha. Just thought I'd update and maybe give some others some ideas (if nothing else, give some newbies some ideas).

Most of my features I currently have are as follows (kinda scattered right now):

• I have it pretty much setup to control alot of my programs with keyboard shortcuts without bringing them to the front.
• Have it setup my flashdrive setup at school (register extensions, setup rainmeter desktop, rocketdock, and more UI tweaks/mods on the schools' computers).
• Tray menu with a bunch of stuff
• custom minimize all/unminimize script.
• Bunch of random hotkeys (toggles desktop icons -since I use a different UI its nice to have a couple on there but hide them, toggle taskbar, keyhistory, toggle hidden files, then I have a variation of ctrl and numbers that launch a program(s) for different setups[for example coding/programming diff languages, internet surfing, college, etc] - Then I have alt + the same numbers to close the setup that ctrl+ a number had setup and return to previous state, Alot of keyboard shortcuts to get info for programming, hotkey to clear recycling bin, hotkey to get my current ip and other computer information, empty clipboard.
• Gui that gets whatever is selected and opens it up in a edit control and has different buttons that have google, ahk, wikipedia, dictionary, thesaurus, and more. Plus I keep adding more and more!
• Alt+left click gets full file path
• bunch of hotstrings for the different forums i'm on and quick logging into forums and with common help info used for people (I'm wayyyy more active at pocketpc windows mobile modding forums, web development forums)
• F1 will show all my keyboard shortcuts, which will eventually have a quick and easy way to search with a certain keyword or the key combo itself and see how to do it or what the key combo does (incase I forget lol).
• Mouse shortcuts with different combos of holding down buttons (just have a 2button/1wheel mouse...for now, getting the razor mmorpg mouse just cause of ahk! ). These combos scroll through tabs or windows for example. Once I get the razor mouse, I plan on adding a keyboard like a regular phone (2=abc, etc) for one handed typing if I have to take a drink or something lol, or maybe make it so I can play my games with only one hand, and other things like that).
• An adapted version of a send scrolls to window under mouse script. So I can just hover over a window when it's not activated and it will send the scrolls to it.
• A USB Detection thing that pops up and lets me know what the drive letter of a usb I just plugged in, and how much space is left.
• Since I'm currently on XP, I have a setup for creating new folders in the current directory.
  
• A hotkey to exit my script and return the computer back to the state it was before (close/delete custom UI stuff, and delete registry stuff, temp files, etc that my script or use of the computer had caused), Then exits.
  
• A hotkey to have quick reloading, editing, etc of my constant script.
  
• I'm currently playing around with rapidhotkeys now too!
  (Can't wait to get that mouse)