I just ran your script again and oddly same result. No matter, I really appreciate the help!

OK I just tweaked it slightly by doing away with the declaration of the "close" group and instead putting it in the WinActive function and now it works. No idea why! #Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33.11 #If WinExist("ahk_exe zoom.exe") $Esc:: Switch { Case WinActive("ahk_exe SumatraPDF.exe"): WinClose De...

Many thanks. This looks promising, but for some reason isn't working for me... I just ran AHK Windows Spy, thinking perhaps it wasn't adding SumatraPDF.exe to the group you created, but it appears it should: 000 - Newspaper Index (Anita Piteau).pdf - SumatraPDF ahk_class SUMATRA_PDF_FRAME ahk_exe Su...

I just tested this to see if it works when actively sharing in Zoom and working in Excel, Word, Outlook, FastStone, and Directory Opus, and it works for all of them! I tried it while in SumatraPDF and it didn't work. Usually when I hit ESC in SumatraPDF, it will close the program, but it no longer d...

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this would disable ESC entirely while screen sharing is active? I use ESC all the time when I'm screen sharing within other programs. When I strike the key, ESC is sent both to the active program as well as Zoom. For example, if I'm in Excel and I have used the copy comm...

I use Zoom Screen Share all the time. By default, Zoom displays a huge bar on my screen of various controls. It's possible to hide it with the keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+H, which I do immediately. However, whenever I hit ESC, no matter what program I'm in, it will cause the screen share contro...

I went ahead and tried plugging in a second monitor and moving the mouse to it. That did the trick. The video controls vanished. I wish there were a way to simulate this mouse behavior. We sometimes have this issue on playback of videos while in bed with a laptop and it would be impractical to have ...

Hi there, I am trying to use a screen recording utility (OBS) to capture a video from a news website. When I full-screen the video, the video controls stay visible at the bottom no matter where I move the mouse cursor. I found a utility that will hide the mouse on inactivity (https://www.softwareok....

Hey just checking in again on this one!

I've been using this (successfully) now for a couple of months, but I have run into a couple of issues. 1.) Copy/pasting between spreadsheets. When I am working with two Excel spreadsheets and I'm copying some information from one to the other, I'm not able to. What is happening is this: when I copy...

Thank you so much guys! I ran the script (and doublechecked my install location) and changed the hotkey to CTRL + SHIFT + SPACE and it works perfect.

I have ABBYY FineReader which comes with a lovely utility called "Screenshot Reader" which I use all of the time in my work. In order for me to activate it, I click on the icon for it in the system tray (I have system tray locked, I am running Windows 10). After I click on it, a small UI dialog pops...

OK this is great! I'm using this one now: GroupAdd, stopAlt, ahk_class XLMAIN ahk_exe EXCEL.exe ~!Tab:: KeyWait, Alt Send % WinActive("ahk_group stopAlt") ? "{Esc}" : "" Return I have the same issue with the Alt Menu activating on the ribbon with Microsoft Word. Would it be possible to add Word to t...

I'm using this code that you suggested above:
I'm using "FastStone Image Viewer" (https://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm)

So I have just discovered a little issue with this solution. I use a lightweight image viewer called FastStone (which is great, btw!). To close the viewer, I hit ESC. I often use an OCR (optical character recognition) software on images (think like Snagit or a screen snipping utility) and paste the ...

mikeyww, Thank you! 1.) Win+Tab. I use this on occasion if I want larger thumbnails, but it's slow. The other disadvantage is that I often use alt+tab without mouse click to quickly switch between two programs once I've established the correct "two most recent" programs. When you release Win+tab it ...

Hello, Here's what I'm trying to do: I'm in Program #1 (PDF viewer, SumatraPDF). I hit Alt+Tab. It brings up the thumbnails of all active programs. I click on Microsoft Excel to switch (while continuing to hold Alt key). Excel shows up and then I release the Alt key. This activates the Alt menu shor...