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MicahR · Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 3

Hey guys started Autohotkey then right clicked the icon on bottom right of screen, went to Edit this script - i was putting in hotkeys so i can control 2 versions of World of warcraft at same time - i tried to put in shift+c - which apparently does not work -
now when i try and start autohotkey it says

Note" The hotkey~shift+c:: will not be active because it does not exist in the current layout

Then it says: Error invalid key or button name, specifically: shift+c, then shows some lines of code and says at botton "The program will exit"

Problem is the icon never appears at bottom of screen cause of this issue - so i cant right click and remove the shift+c - how do i get in so i can fix this ????
email is micahron@gmail.com[/b]

[VxE] · Joined: 07 Oct 2006 Posts: 1496

Follow the Quick-start Tutorial for making a new autohotkey script.
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MicahR · Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 3

Quick start tutorial

To create a new script:

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to a folder of your choice.
Pull down the File menu and choose New >> AutoHotkey Script (or Text Document).
Type a name for the file, ensuring that it ends in .ahk. For example: Test.ahk
Right-click the file and choose Edit Script.
On a new blank line, type the following:
#space::Run www.google.com
The symbol # stands for the Windows key, so #space means holding down the Windows key then pressing the spacebar to activate a hotkey. The :: means that the subsequent command should be executed whenever this hotkey is pressed, in this case to go to the Google web site. To try out this script, continue as follows:

Save and close the file.
In Windows Explorer, double-click the script to launch it. A new tray icon appears.
Hold down the Windows key and press the spacebar. A web page opens in the default browser.
To exit or edit the script, right click its tray icon.

Im already stuck at line 1:
Open Windows Explorer and navigate to a folder of your choice.
Pull down the File menu and choose New >> AutoHotkey Script (or Text Document).
Windows explorer? i have an internet explorer ... um what the hell is a windows explorer ... after readin this i dont think this is my answer - im talking about eddting the script that autoloads when i start AutoHotKey. I get an error cause of the script and it wont load cuase of it - but since it wont load i cant edit that script .. what to do here ??? im screwed - i even deleted program and installed it again - that script is loaded in already

ribbs2521 · Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 103 Location: New York

Welcome the the forum.... I would like to help you but I'm not quite sure what the issue is that you are having. Could you include the code so we can see it. I have found that a lot of times, if you don't include code, people are less likely to help because we can't really see what your issue is first hand. If you post it than others can run the script and see what your issue is and better depict what the problem is.

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Krogdor · Joined: 18 Apr 2008 Posts: 1145 Location: The Interwebs

Guys. None of you are answering his question:

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engunneer · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 5:12 am Post subject:

JS, can I lift the list of links you posted and put it in my help thread? It's well collected.
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Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 7:19 am Post subject:

MicahR · Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 3

Thanks so much for the information guys. Seems like this must happen all the time to newcomers. A shame that endless forum trolling last night could not find the answer. The last reply looks like what I need. I just hope that after creating this new script, that when I restart it will not load the old messed up script. Cause I have a feeling that might happen. Only because while trying to find the default script in the various folders in autohotkey I found a random script and double clicking it put it into my lower-right-screen tray. Right clicking allowed me to edit the script and it worked with both World of Warcraft games running.
But when I reloaded autohotkey it went back to the broken default script again. I'm at work now so I can't test out until I get home but I will post my results later. Thanks for the information guys . Really appreciated

Guest · Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 12:19 pm Post subject:

terrdil · Guest

I also had this problem and agree it should not be allowed to happen. The error message ought to dump you right back into the edit mode so something can be done about it rather than taking two hours to find the right posting.
As the final feedback was not posted I wanted to wrap this up with a easy workable solution that was touched on at the end of the postings. Uninstall AutoHotKey - Empty any copies in the recycle bin - Do a search on .ahk including hidden files - erase any file that shows up - reinstall AutoHotKey. I know this is a sloppy solution but I do not want to spend the time to determine exactly where the critical problem file was.