Context sensitive (#IfWinActive) doesn't work

[Guill]

Does anybody know why sometimes general scripts work, but do not do scripts inside #IfWinActive? The program does not generate messages of error, either.

[boiler]

Can you give an example? #IfWinActive only affects hotkeys that are defined following that directive. Those hotkeys will only work if the result of your #IfWinActive is true.

[Guill]

My usual script is very large, but, here you have an example :



F2::
Run notepad ; IT WORKS
Return


#IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass

!3:: ; IT DOESN'T WORK
Run calc
Return

#IfWinActive



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I must make it clear that it does not always happen. I suspect that some function of windows, or of another program that works in the background in some situation, can disable this. I can not explain what it can be. I just rebooted the computer, and everything worked again, but I would like to avoid this action.


Thanks in advance

[jeeswg]

One possibility:

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#IfWinActive ahk_class CabinetWClass
!3::
#IfWinActive ahk_class ExploreWClass
!3::
Run calc
Return
#IfWinActive

What Windows OS are you using?

You could try this to check the class of the active window:

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q:: ;get class of active window
WinGetClass, vWinClass, A
MsgBox, % vWinClass
return

[Guill]

Thanks for your time,

My Windows is 8.1