Very slow & hanging hotstring Topic is solved

[omareg94]

I have a hotstring defined as following:

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:*XP1:cdm<::
  SendInput, "Heyy"
return

After a while of using my PC, on Windows 11, many times, when I type `cdm<` hotstring on any notepad window, it becomes so slow or hanging to continue typing/sending input until I press any keyboard button to make it continue.

This video shows how it behaves on a notepad window:
https://youtu.be/H7NmC1kmS8I
Many times the hotstring hangs & doesn't continue until I press a button.

Other Notes:
- Defining hotstring as the following also still shows the issue.

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:*:cdm<::
  SendInput, "Heyy"
return

- My cpu & memory usage is on normal level when this issue happens:

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- Most of the time this issue is fixed by restarting PC, but it re-appears again.

- On other text input windows, the hotstring is very fast & doesn't have the issue.
Example:
ahk_class Chrome_WidgetWin_1
ahk_exe chrome.exe

- The window/class info of notepad:
ahk_class Notepad
ahk_exe Notepad.exe

- I added Autohotkey to antivirus exceptions

[mikeyww]

Notepad on Windows 11 has an issue with SendInput in AutoHotkey, so use SendEvent instead.

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#Requires AutoHotkey v1.1.33

:SEK10*:cdm<::Heyy

[omareg94]

Thank you a lot this solved the problem.