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There's one problem with using any script to change QWERTY to Dvorak: AHK hotstrings are hard to use as intended. AHK reads the original QWERTY letters both for the hotstring and the trigger character ...

I have an AHK script remapping my keyboard to Dvorak, and I wrote this to do something like hotstrings:

Ins::
cliptemp:=clipboard ; Save orginal clipboard contents
Send, ^ ...

I've been using the script Igor posted for a while, but lately I've noticed a bug: after triggering a suspend (with Scroll lock, Win, etc.), my hotstrings (in another script!) stopped working until th ...

^Escape also opens the start menu

Thanks, but opening the start menu wasn't my problem. I was trying to use the windows key to open the start menu in some cases, send Alt+F2 in others, and still be ...

Try this way:Hotkey,*a,Off
*a::MsgBox
LWin::
RWin::
Hotkey,*a,On
KeyWait,%A_ThisHotkey%
Hotkey,*a,Off
Return

Still not working with shortcuts, but I appreciate the ...

:LWin::Return
RWin::Return

Thanks, but that didn't work. Adding that code prevents windows key shortcuts from working.

I use Windows 7 at home and have gotten used to pressing the winkey to search. The problem is, I spend as much running XP or Linux in VirtualBox. In those contexts I need to press Alt+F2 to get a simi ...