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just fyi guys, none of the above worked. I tried everything above. I also used windows spy and based on that tried controlsend to ahk_class Progman, as well as to window title of "Program Manager ...

You need to use ahk_class of Desktop window (Not sure if it is the same class on Win7).controlsend,,{vkAEsc12E},ahk_class WorkerW

i'll try it shortly, thanks much

hmmm, didnt work.

so basically, for "volume down", this did not work:

xbutton1 & wheeldown::controlsend,,{vkAEsc12E},Desktop

while this works (but sends t ...

Try ControlSend to Desktop.

thanks, i'll try it

hi guys,
did a quick search for this, i may not be using the right keywords, didnt find anything helpful.
Basically i have volume controls on my mouse right now via "send" and the VK num ...

hi tlm -- i guess plotting the coordinates is the fallback option, if we dont have a more elegant solution...

hey TLM, thanks so much, i'll try this out. Wonder if you can also help [url=http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=368830#368830]on a parallel thread, where i'm trying to do something simil ...

anyone? I cant be the first to want to double click those icons in the quirky win7 qucklaunch bar.

~lbutton::
mousegetpos,,, wid, control
wingetclass, wclass, ahk_id %wid%
if (A_PriorHotkey = "~LButton" && A_TimeSincePriorHotkey < 400) ; double click
...

hrmm ok run this script,
and click somewhere on the desktop.
while !( getKeyState( "F1", P ) ) {
mouseGetPos,,, curWin, curCon
winGet, curStlye, style, ahk_id %c ...

AHK spy sees the desktop like any other explorer window.

See what this returns:loop
tooltip % "Desktop " ( winActive( "Program Manager" ) ? "A" : &q ...

Its the big blue "e" icon shown here:

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sorry, updated

hi guys --
Trying to find the ahk_class and/or control for the IEXPLORE icon on the windows 7 "quick launch" toolbar.

Its the big blue "e" icon shown here:
http://www.gesti ...

hi gang,
what is the window title and/or class of the win7 desktop?

I want a hotkey that sends a series of keystrokes ONLY if the win7 desktop is showing and active.

WHen I use windows spy ut ...

Thats what send blind is supposed to do, allow any modifier keys pressed to affect the sent keys.For example, the hotkey +s::Send {Blind}abc would send ABC rather than abc because the user is holding ...