I've always found that ribbon menus appear to operate faster when I turn off Windows' UI effects and transitions. For example, in Windows 7: Start > Control Panel > System > Advanced system settings > Advanced (tab) > Performance (area) > Settings > Visual effects (tab)... either choose 'Custom' and...

I'm a bit confused about the direction this post has taken. I thought, from the original post, that the problem was how to activate Windows Speech Recognition (WSR) using an AHK hotkey: Now this should be a simple process, but in order to activate and deactive the speech engine with keys (Firefox is...

I use the following to start Win 7's Speech Recognition using CTRL+Win: Hope this helps...

Perfect! Absolutely perfect... thank you so much.

Hi Garry, Many thanks for taking a look at it. Your amendments create the full REG file but with a malformed GUID, e.g.: {366729EB-93F6-4412-8827-90002B096E6D}366729EB-93F6-4412-8827-90002B096E6D} I can see the StringSplit and Loop but can't work out why the duplication is happening on re-assembly o...

I'm trying to create a REG file (so I can add my favourite utilities as Control Panel applets) and I've run into an issue I don't understand. When I use a test GUID (i.e. with line 3 un-commented) then the REG file is created fine. However, when I comment out line 3 and, instead, un-comment line 2 i...

@Bkid - You're quite right. The code I suggested can be implemented as a much shorter function. However, I was trying to show BankSea a documented example of what he/she was trying to achieve so he/she could perhaps learn what was going on behind the scenes instead of having a solution just presente...

Try amending this to your liking using 'MyVar' as your input variable. #NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent star...

Ummm... if, for example, your router has an IP address of 10.20.24.1 then just amend the script as follows: strComputer := "." strDest := 10.20.24.1 objWMIService := ComObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" . strComputer . "\root\cimv2") colPings := objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * ...

Use WMI? strComputer := "." objWMIService := ComObjGet("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" . strComputer . "\root\cimv2") colPings := objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_PingStatus where Address = 'www.google.com'")._NewEnum ;or ip address like 192.168.1.1 While colPings[objStatu...

Will these say "offline" if only connected to router, (but the router is not connected to the internet)? Yes... they'll say 'offline' or 'disconnected' because the ping method won't get an echo from the external URL (or IP) and WinInet won't be able to find a WAN address. (I think WinInet looks for...

Is this easier? If ConnectedToInternet() Msgbox, 64, WinInet.dll, ONLINE! else Msgbox, 48, WinInet.dll, OFFLINE! Return ; Function: ConnectedToInternet(flag=0x40) { Return DllCall("Wininet.dll\InternetGetConnectedState", "Str", flag,"Int",0) } Alternatively, if you wanted to use a ping method: strCo...

Guest 10... what happens if you compile the BAT file and then use AHK to run the resulting executable?