Sending Alt Not Working Topic is solved

[SirSocks]

Hello -

For some reason sending Alt isnt working for me. Does anyone have any suggestions of why it isn't working? None of the scripts below are working on my PC to send Alt
I am running Windows 10.
AHK Version 1.1.30.3
What is wrong with these scripts? and how can I sent Alt?
Thank you!

This is the script I am trying to test with.....

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^e::
send {alt}
msgbox, Sent alt
return

I have also tried....

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^e::
send, !
msgbox, Sent alt
return

I tried this way too.
I have also tried....

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^e::
send, {alt down}
send, {alt up}
msgbox, Sent alt
return

[gregster]

When you send a modifier like Alt alone, you might have to release other modifiers first:

^[::Send {Alt} will not work in most applications because you are still holding the Ctrl key. Manually pressing Ctrl+Alt does not activate the menus either. Send automatically releases the hotkey's modifiers when you send a non-modifier key, but it does not do this for a modifier key on its own, such as {Alt} or {Alt down/up}.

So either try this:

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^e::
KeyWait Ctrl
Send {Alt}
return

or this:

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^e::send {Ctrl up}{Alt}

[SirSocks]

When you send a modifier like Alt alone, you might have to release other modifiers first:

^[::Send {Alt} will not work in most applications because you are still holding the Ctrl key. Manually pressing Ctrl+Alt does not activate the menus either. Send automatically releases the hotkey's modifiers when you send a non-modifier key, but it does not do this for a modifier key on its own, such as {Alt} or {Alt down/up}.

So either try this:

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^e::
KeyWait Ctrl
Send {Alt}
return

or this:

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^e::send {Ctrl up}{Alt}

Thank you gregster

[AviationGuy]

When you send a modifier like Alt alone, you might have to release other modifiers first:

Great! I've been wondering about this for a while, thanks!