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tobadyurdead · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 26

ok iv went to a couple posts and read them also i made a post a while back which didnt really help. so what happens is i open ahk from start menu (iv ttried other places also) and the system tray icon terminates before i can erase the old code and i dont even get an error message. iv tried looking through my files and i deleted the old code but it still terminates ( i think its because i need to reload the new script(which is the empty one)).

any help is appreciated

~Rob

n-l-i-d · Guest

AutoHotkey does not behave like a "typical" program.

After you installed AutoHotkey, you can write AutoHotkey scripts. The script is nothing but a text file with commands, and a name-ending of ".ahk". AutoHotkey interprets and executes the commands of the text-file/script you launch. If you launch AutoHotkey from the start menu, AutoHotkey uses a file called AutoHotkey.ini that get's launched per default.

1. Create a new text-file, and rename it with a name-ending of ".ahk" (make sure it really ends that way, it might be you need to change file visibility settings in your Windows Explorer options). If AutoHotkey was installed properly, the icon of the file should change to the AutoHotkey one.
2. Open this file in Notepad (or any other plain-text editor, but don't use "rich text" programs like MS Office Word)
3. Write your commands
4. Save the file (make sure it is saved as an ".ahk" file)
5. Launch the file

AutoHotkey should now run the script

HTH

Guest · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:26 am Post subject:

Well...that seemedlike it was getitng me somwhere.

heres what i did
1) opened notepad and put in some random code like "mouseclick,left,567,678"
2)save as whatever.ahk (to desktop)
3)opened whatever.ahk (and it executed) but even still..if i open the AHK icon from desktop or start menu, the systen tray icon still only appears for a flash of a second, i suppose i could write code just from notepad like i did there, but that still seems like its not working properly. i really have no idea what to try next

tobadyurdead · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 26

**Woops posted that as a Guest for some reason xD...

Guest · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 4:53 am Post subject:

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daonlyfreez · Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 745 Location: Berlin

Ah, ok, thanks for the clarification
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tobadyurdead · Joined: 04 May 2008 Posts: 26

Ok ig ot it working everyone =D . TY everybody for all your help