Here's a method from Christian Ghisler that takes 3 approaches. 1. Check file sizes If identical, 2. Compare small pieces of the files If identical, 3. Calculate MD5 Because this method is performing small spot checks rather than reading the entire file, it often detects differences very quickly. Wi...

Microsoft has a very informative blog at https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/ask ... indows-10/ which has pretty much convinced me to give up "If at first I don't succeed" with cross-screen image matching. Boils down to user-perception now trumps pixel-exactness.

If the images contain text that is being rendered by the OS or app, then ClearType settings can cause big differences from one user's settings to the next.

See: SetTitleMatchMode, 2

Ran into the same problem. I find I have to set all my monitors to the same scaling (I run at 100% instead of what many use as a default, 125%) and also have to disable color management for each monitor that uses color management. - or for each browser. For instance, in Chrome, the setting is in chr...

This is how I got my RDP AHK to work minimized: On the machine you are monitoring the remote from, (i.e. on your physical workstation) turn off the minimized suppression with regedit. In HKLocalMachine, add to Software\Microsoft\Terminal Server Client, RemoteDesktop_SuppressWhenMinimized DWord = 2. ...

I hit the same wall. The only way I found to make AHK run while the VM was completely disconnected is to put it in startup. If I ever connect, though, disconnecting will lock it up. There is a way to keep your script alive with the VM window minimized, but not closed, though I don't remember where I...

I have my main scripts run helper-apps when I don't want to wait for the operations to finish:

To split a string that is in standard CSV (comma separated value) format, use a parsing loop since it has built-in CSV handling, instead of StringSplit.

Loop, parse, A_LoopField, CSV

Here's a piece out of the Loop (files & folders) section of the help file. Instead of using the wildcard match, try handling each file individually. Use code like this to read the directory, then put in a delay before you start accessing the JPGs to give any that are not ready to be accessed time to...

This works fine on my ThinkPad with external ViewsSonic monitor. Thank you, and bravo! What if Microsoft suddenly changes the Notepad icon? (For the benefit of readers who haven't studied the code, the correct resolution is reached when the correctly scaled Notepad icon is detected in a maximized No...

I applaud your gumption! and will be giving your code a test-drive. I have had the same problems with portability and have often wished for a solution, but never did much about it. For me, it's not just scaling. Brightness and color settings differing from machine to machine cause my ImageSearches n...

I always put this drop-dead code in my scripts to kill runaways:

f12::
ExitApp

The variable A_Cursor will (probably) be "Arrow" until it becomes a hand, at which point it becomes "Unknown". loop { MouseMove, 0, -3, R Sleep 60 if (A_Cursor <> "Arrow") break } click The BREAK will break out of the loop. Then past the end of the loop, you issue a click command with no parameters ...

AutoTrim Off

"On: In a statement such as Var1 = %Var2%, tabs and spaces at the beginning and end of a Var2 are omitted from Var1. This is the default.
"Off: Such tabs and spaces are not omitted."

You could use the mouse cursor to find the link: Point the mouse to a spot on the screen just above "Jobs 0". Then in a loop, slowly, with small SLEEP delays, move the mouse up 3 pixels at a time until the cursor becomes the pointing hand. At that time it must be pointing at Click to open, so then y...