MouseMove with open folders fail Topic is solved

[Evil-e]

I have discovered probably one of the most brutal and horrifying events ever to bestow the computer user..... MouseMove fail

MouseMove works perfectly, as long as all folders are minimized. If a folder is opened, the mouse goes all haywire and I become overwhelmed with suicidal thoughts.

This is my basic script that works great until a folder(s) is open on Desktop

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BlockInput, On
SendMode, Event
MouseMove, 1600,1060,20
sleep, 100
SendMode, Event
MouseMove, 1845,1060,20
sleep, 50
SendMode, Event
MouseMove, 1000, 100
BlockInput, Off

Please help me to survive the tragedy of MouseMove fail. Is there something I can add to the script that ignores open folders?

[gregster]

It seems like you have no Coordmode command in your script that would tell it to use screen coordinates for MouseMove (like Coordmode Mouse, Screen), so by default:

Coordinates are relative to the active window unless CoordMode was used to change that.

Which means, if you change the active (desktop) window to some other random window (like an open folder in a file explorer window), your coordinates most likely will be off.

Btw, it shouldn't be necessary to repeat SendMode, Event before each MouseMove.

[Hellbent]

Coordmode ?

[telanx]

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CoordMode, Mouse, Screen    ; add this
sleep 1000
MouseMove, 100,260,20
sleep, 1000
MouseMove, 145,160,20
sleep, 1000
MouseMove, 10, 100

[Evil-e]

@gregster and @telanx Thank you, that works perfectly
@gregster I have two sets of movements, as this is scripted to clear TaskBar cache. I have a bunch of games in which I use WideScreen fixer and several that I hot-swap between AHK.exe files during gameplay. On these games, there can sometimes be multiple cache icons down by the clock. Dragging the mouse over those icons, makes them vanish. At close of game and prior to ExitApp, this script moves the mouse to a position about 3" to the LH side of clock and then moves over TO the clock and clears all the icons*

I have tested the following and works like a charm, so now I need to track down all of the games that require this action and fix 'em

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BlockInput, On
CoordMode, Mouse, Screen
SendMode, Event
MouseMove, 1600,1060,20             ;places mouse about 3" to LH side of time display
sleep, 100
SendMode, Event
MouseMove, 1845,1060,20             ;moves mouse from above position to right next to time display       
sleep, 50
SendMode, Event
MouseMove, 1000, 100                ;relocates the mouse back to center of Desktop for convenience
BlockInput, Off

*ya... I had a bit of time on my hands